Wednesday, November 23, 2011

A short getaway!

 

 

This morning Tues Nov 22 in the year 2011 Wanda, Betty and I headed for Ruidoso for this.

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We had to pass by for the time being because the show is not until tonight and we were on a mission. We had to go here first.

 

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After a brief but very filling visit at Schlotzsky’s we rested a bit then hit TCBY……Oh my god. We are totally stuffed. Lets go check in our motel and rest…..Maybe a short nap…… Around 4-4:30 we headed for the Inn. It’s not far from Ruidoso, may 10 miles.

We checked the car and headed for the lounge.

These are not very good, New camera phone you know, but here is what we saw.

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They were mad of what looked like Gingerbread…Hey!  Who knows…?.

Shot this one outside after the show….

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It’s the sculptures in the loading/unloading area.

The show itself was really great and we enjoyed it quite muchly.

That’s it. It was a long drive back but well worth it.

Oh yeah, I think that the one armed Banditos got some of our booty…….

Until later

hasta más tarde

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Element Power Grand Opening Nov 8th 2011

 

Wanda, Betty, Pam and I went out to the dedication of the new wind generators out by Nutt today. Ended up being a real nice day for the event. We toured the operation/maintenance building which is full of great photos of the entire building of the farm from ground breaking to the finish.

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After touring the area we headed for the portable tent which had been erected for the occasion. Tables and chairs were set up and they were building fresh Tacos and plenty of goodies to go with them.

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After the goodies several of the operations personnel, local dignitaries made some short speeches.

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Get a load of these things, those blades are 170 ft each. There is a total of  I believe 28 generators which put out 50 megawatts.

 

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The official ribbon cutting ceremony followed

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We then went out to the Nutt bar to see Tom and Suzan, and of course have a couple. A nice end to the day.