I have been doing a lot of driving around the Midwest over the last two weeks on my way to interviews, which I may or may not blog about soon. My favorite thing to look at while driving (ooh wait, sorry, SECOND favorite after lakes!) is wind farms! They are so pretty! I know some people complain about them and actually think they are ugly because they seem so strange in the farmland, but I think they’re great.
Did you know that Iowa is #2 for having the most wind power installed in a state? I haven’t seen any wind farms in Iowa; I think maybe they’re in the N/NW part of the state.
Wind farm in Iowa. Pretty, no?
Wind farm in Hancock County
I did see wind farms in Illinois on my trip. Illinois is ranked #10 in most wind power.
Wind farm in Illinois
Another wind farm in IL
What a good, CLEAN way to get energy! Way to go, Midwest! It’s nice to know your boring flatness is good for something. :)
- Jill
I go past a lot of these on the way to my parent’s new house!!!
Awesome! Where did your parents move to?
They just moved to Nevada (pronounced Ne-VAY-da, don’t get that wrong, they will never let you forget it).
Omigosh, they (not sure who “they” is…) are storing all the huge windmill blades on a lot in Eldridge: there are literally HUNDREDS of them just sitting there and driving around on 1-80. THEY ARE SO HUGE! really bums me out that they are all for windmills far from here.