It's WET

Well, it has been wet, lots of rain and the leaves have almost all changed colors to dull reds and yellows, We are both doing somewhat better and so it was time for a "ROAD TRIP"!!! We went up onto Tug Hill Plateau to the Wind Turbine Farm, we were there when the first started installing these huge turbines, right now there are 225 up there.
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It was a Beautiful day, cool and crisp, clouds mixed with sunshine and a nice day for a ride which we buth needed,

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This picture above is of a few of the many Wind Turbines up here These wind mills were turning but they are slow enuff to be able to get a picture of them as they turn slow..
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Of the 225 + Wind Mills we drove around there were only 3 that were not turning, above picture shows a Crew from UTAH setting up one of the bigest Cranes I have ever seen to access the turbine blades, they would not let us drive down near where they were working, they were nice about it as they didn't want anyone to get hurt.

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Above shows how big these wind turbines are compared to the houses and barns they are near, each land owner or farmer who is lucky enough to get a wind turbine on his property get from what I have been told about $9,000.00 a year, One farmer has 9 of these on his property!

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We took coffee and crackers with us and drove past this apple tree loaded with apples and the ground was covered, the deer will have a feast on these.

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Standing in front of one of these Turbines the Blades are about 20 feet over my head, when the blades make their circle they make a swoosh sound, it was cold and spitting snow when this picture was taked.

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We were able to get close to the turbines as most of the chains across the roads are down for the corn harvest, the first towere had an 8 foot high fence, with razor wire on top and a padlocked gate, but they found out that most people left them alone or got killed, the doors to gain entry are heavy steel, have double locking systems, they are pretty secure and there is not way yo reach the props unless you had a ladder.

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We went into the low lands and most of the leaves are gone from the trees, here it was spitting snow and it was cold.

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As you can see there is a lot of standing water, the "Old Saying" is.. When the Swamps fill up with water it can snow anytime! It was snowing of and all day but it was a nice 4 hours spent driving thru meadows and back roads looking at the towers.

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Another apple tree full of some delicious apples!!!

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This picture is of a young Amish Girl and a team of horses, she is towing a manure spreader, Out of respect I did not take a close up as they do not like their pictures taken, right behind her came 6 or more young boys in black suits, white shirts. carring white plastic lunch pails, all walking home from the old one room school house, We waved and went on our way.

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Above is a picture of a small buck out cleaning up some corn left in the corn field
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In the circle in the above picture is a heron, he is fishing in a Meadow runoff due to so much water and the ground being saturated.

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This is what the corn fields look like with all the standing water in them, some farmers were lucky and got some of their silage and also some corn in before it got too wet.

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We have a severe storm posted for high winds, power outages and rain for next couple of days, they are getting it out in the mid west.

Oh yes, we have a new "Grandson", Zach Ferris married our Granddaughter Shannon Marie Wood, she is now in South Dakota at Minot Air Forse base learning how to be a Miliotary Wife.

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Hoping this finds you all well and settled in, it looks like winter is coming, hunting season has started, I am trying to get Doctoring done so can get out of here for the winter.

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Don't forget our Veterans!!!