Comments on: Creepiness in Kansas

By: Marsha

Marsha — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:47:40 +0000

Yay!! It’s time for the Colorado trip. Hope you get in some good down time and knitting. We here in Western CO are just excited to see the return of the robins and the bluebirds. Tulips and crocusii (crocuses?) are just starting to break ground. Best wished for having loads of fun.

By: Faith

Faith — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:57:20 +0000

Hey, we’ve got those windmills in Germany!!

By: Karen E.

Karen E. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:09:08 +0000

I love the drive west on I-70 from Kansas City. The Fling Hills and all are so beautiful and at least up till you reach Salina, it is most definitely _not_ flat. People can’t believe that’s really Kansas if you just show them a photo. I don’t mind the wind turbines, but then I don’t live near them so I know them only as an observer. It’s amazing how huge they can be. We passed a semi hauling a single blade for one recently. It was immense!

By: valerie

valerie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:53:04 +0000

maine’s biggest wind farm is on mars hill. with your analogy, i think it’s appropriate.

i like the turbines. cleaner energy is always nice. they make mini-turbines you can buy for your house/neighborhood for around $10,000. if we ever get to electric cars, i’ve told my husband we’re getting a mini-turbine. also, fewer power outages due to snow/ice storms. that happens a lot around here.

By: Timmie

Timmie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:29:01 +0000

A wind driven skein-winder/yarn swift–hmm, interesting thought.

By: nancy

nancy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:06:38 +0000

I don’t mind the turbines. I do agree they look kinda like aliens. What really freaks me out are the big old metal electric towers or what ever they are called. The ones that are in lines and hold the electric lines. They seem to march across the country, and they seem like they are from The War of the Worlds to me. I keep expecting them to let go of the wires and come for us.
Have a great vacation! Colorado is one of my most favorite places in the world. N

By: Alicia A.

Alicia A. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:56:12 +0000

I can see how you would be spooked by the giant wind mills rising from the plains. We saw giant windmill parts being transported via truck on 95 near Baltimore one afternoon. They are massive. One “propeller” was tied to the bed of each truck and looked like big submarines… very surreal. But I look forward to seeing them in Summerset, PA when we are driving on the PA turnpike to Pittsburgh… means the trip is almost over )

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:26:41 +0000

Lol. I’ve always liked them. They make me think of giant pinwheels, which I loved as a kid.

By: Cindy in Happy Valley

Cindy in Happy Valley — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:29:31 +0000

Odd, Sheri, I had the same reaction when I saw a line of those things on a ridge in Somerset, PA. Like an alien invasion. I was astonished at the size of the things, when we got close enough to get some perspective.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:52:52 +0000

Sheri,

We go to Palm Springs twice a year, and just outside the city there are hundreds of them. I think you can actually go on a tour!

Have a nice vacation. I won’t get one until early October.