We had a morning of driving in light rain and headwinds as we searched for the sun promised in the forecast. We found it west of Abilene. The thermometer finally reached a lovely 20C. The night of rain and the drive finally rinsed the van of the whitish road grime we had been collecting since the winter highways of Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, and which drew comments at a gas station in Arkansas. I’m glad the van got a rinse. I was not having any luck finding a car wash.
At one point we reached the end of a long ascent and I gradually realized that in front of us was a dense bank of wind turbines spanning to the horizon, left and right, as far as I could see. As we drove on they formed a great horseshoe that surrounded us except directly behind. I had to stop to look at them but it was impossible to get a photo that captured the scale of the installation and the number of turbines.
Here is a view from the back of our campsite:
The prickly pear is everywhere and is edible... but this is a State Park. I’m not sure anyone would notice if we took a lobe. If you look carefully at the photo below you will see a red van. We’re the only people in this whole section of the campground:
We made and ate dinner watching a very nice sunset, and look forward to some stargazing.
Tomorrow’s destination is New Mexico and the Carlsbad Caverns.
stay calm,
j
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