Awesom trip Neal. Thanks for sharing it with us all.:salute:

Welcome back, nice to see you arrived in good health!:up:
And now for a good nights sleep in your own bed!!:yep:
http://parangaricutirimicuaro.blogsp...p-tuol-bed.jpg

Rgr that buddy...see #34 :sunny:

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...5&postcount=34

Some interesting info about Wyoming and wind farms.

They definitely have the raw material.

Well Neal, I'm glad you made it home safely. Was it your first time to Wyoming?

It was. Wyoming certainly lived up to its billing as the least populated state (560,000). I went for miles without seeing a residence or vehicle. The towns I passed through...cannot imagine what it's like to live there. Not saying good or bad, but very isolated.

First: good that you came home in one piece - so we can enjoy subsim a little more! :yeah:
Sounds like it was a nice trip, despite the little rush on the last day.

The US map is definitely very interesting. I didn't know how huge the area in the US with excellent wind conditions was. :o

For a comparision, wind conditions in Germany, note that slim red line along the coast is the only area with avarage speeds more than 21ft.
Being about 2/3 the size of Texas, we produce 2/3 as much wind energy as the whole US - so there is definitely a lot of potential. Germany has the same issues than WY: bringing the power from the areas where it's harvested, to the areas that consume it, so there is now a massive construction/renovation of power lines in N/S direction.

http://www.paradiso-design.net/winde...ndigkeiten.jpg

For Western Europe, I could only find this map, without any scale though:
http://www.electricwind.eu/de/img/europe_map.png

As you mentioned Texas being the biggest wind energy producer in the US: Are there also offshore wind farms in the Gulf?

sorry for derailing, but [child voice]: you started it! nah, nah, nah, nah, nah :O: [/voice off]

I've ignored this thread until you got back, to read it all in one - a good trip to clean out the cobwebs before teaching. And some great pics. :yeah:

Some more on that EA-6A -

Source: http://www.mcara.us/EA-6A_history.html

Still waiting for my postcard, but then you don't have my address. :D

My uncle has lived all over Wyoming. When I was in high school, I visited him for a week. The girls are...very friendly:D. I was worried you might pick up a girlfriend as you passed through there.:haha::D.

Too bad you didn't have the time to visit Yellowstone. You can spend a whole week there camping, just watch out for the bears and the moose.:D

Funny you should mention that. I spent my honeymoon in Yellowstone, back in '74.

Northern Wyoming is pretty (in the spring time:D). The Bighorn mountain range is a fun drive, but you need to watch out for the open range cattle.:dead:

PM me, I have a few left!:rock:

I got a postcard from Georgetown as well. Thanks Neal.

Too bad the weather and obligations didn't let you go up into the Colorado mountains as you had planned. The scenic roads there are ideal for the view you get from a MB. If you ever plan to do that in the future though, do it in the summer. April, even most of May is still too early because it is no fun to ride in bad weather or cold.

Denver:
Saturday, Sunday, any day, any time of day, it has awful traffic. :down:

.......Glad you got home safe and sound.
Rick

Glad to hear you are home safe and sound, Neal.

Great pics and updates. Thanks for taking us along.:up:

Got your card from the Badlands today Neal, thanks!

A Texan sends a postcard from the Dakota badlands using a stamp that says "Aloha" to a Yankee in Massachusetts. I so love my country!

Yeah, that was the only postcard stamps they had. :O:

Second postcard arrived today Neal, this one was the Caldwell County Courthouse, Lockhart, Texas.

Postie is starting to look at me in a suspicious manner :DL

As long as he doesn't scent it with perfume you should be ok! :D

That's the problem :o











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