West Texas Wind Farms

We had been planning to see a few more places in New Mexico, ending up in Albuquerque to see Jerry and Kathy's house.

Ed watched the weather reports and when he saw the cold weather predictions, he decided he had had his fill of cold weather.

We got an email from Jerry on Wednesday saying it was snowing in Albuerque and Ed had made a wise decision to split when he did.

One of the first things I noticed when we crossed the Texas line were the speed limit signs for 80!!

We stayed in Pecos, Texas on Sunday night....not an especially pretty place. This was the view out our front windshield Monday when we woke up -- a lot of nothingness.

Next, we noticed there were lots of cotton fields.I didn't realize that they grow cotton in Texas!

All along the way were oil wells, steadily pumping. Everyone should have one in their backyard, don't you think?

Ed's sister and his daughter-in-law are both named "Lorraine" so this sign caught his eye. You can also see lots of power poles.

Monday morning we started into the wind farm country. We just couldn't get over how MANY of these windmills there were. They were along every ridge for as far as the eye can see. Most were moving but quite a few were still.....we don't know if they were down for maintenance or what.

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