High atop the Berkshires

well, atop Jiminy Peak:

The wind turbines at Jiminy

I drove over to North Adams and surrounding parts to enjoy the day, pick up some fabric (you know I needed more!) and I found a Home Depot over there to get the makings for a new design wall. I got turned around (directionally) with a car full of insulation boards, so rather than trying to make a lot of turns in an unfamiliar part of whereever I was, I took the same route home. No complaints there – I never tire of seeing those “hills”.

When I saw the first of these wind turbines I thought it visually detracting. That first one still sticks out. The string of them along the ridge aren’t so bad somehow.

As I drove through Stephentown – there was a lot full of the blades for the incomplete ones. Holy cow. If these pictures make you wonder how big these things are – the individual blades – hub to tip are larger than a tractor trailer. Amazing. And the blades of the working ones look incredibly too small and narrow to be efficient but up closer – not so much.

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