Tuesday, January 31, 2012 -- Our weather is unbelievable. This is our third year out here and we have the warmest and best weather.

Enjoyed our tour today to learn about all of the Wind Turbines, referred from now on as Windmills. It is funny, years ago when my Dad was alive but couldn't talk he seen a picture of all of these windmills. He was showing Bob and pointing to them and to the field behind his house. LOL We still believe he wanted to put windmills on the farm. By what they say here, he would have still been a farmer.

We have been gone from home for five weeks. We were thinking today that we have maybe had a couple of days or so of 60's, otherwise manly in the mid to upper 70's. They say normal is 71 degrees.

Friends that we met two years ago left today. But we will meet up with them again on March 8 in Casa Grande, AZ. Our last stop before leaving for home.

Many many windmills. There is 41 windmill farms. They call them farms, because they plant these windmills and harvest the electricity. A farm is actually an individual plot of land that is owned by a company with their windmill. They have around 3000 windmills.

These are solar panels on the ground. They will tip toward the direction of the sun. So if they have a lack of wind, I doubt that would happen for long, then the solar panels will kick in. California has a law that requires them to have 20% renewable energy and by 2030 they have to be 30%.

This is two different types of windmills. The one on the left is about 20 years old, it is actually a noisy. They are being replaced with the new ones that are really quiet. To repair the old news, you must climb up the outside to the top. The others you climb from the inside. But the inside is very hot during the summer time, but you don't have to deal with the wind on the new ones.

This is our drive down the hill from the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. It was such a beautiful drive down the hill.

Monday, January 30, 2012 --- We went to Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. So the next few pictures are from our trip there.

This and the next two pictures are of the tram going up the hill. The elevation starts at 2,643 ft and goes up to 8,516 ft. We didn't take the ride up, Bob is very uncomfortable with heights. But it was interesting to go up to see the Tram.

This was on display in the parking lot. The ones they use now are a different color, I don't know if there is any other difference.

This is the parking lot to go to the tram. It was a chore to walk up this incline and really downhill coming back. The picture doesn't do justice for the downgrade of the lot.