Driving Route 66 through Texas

Almost everywhere I go, there are windmills. The one below was at an I-40 rest stop in east Texas. I didn't realize it at the time, but in addition to following Route 66, I was also traveling part of the American Wind Power Trail.

Windmill at East Texas I-40 Welcome Center

Article at IREC.

Terraserver Topographical Map of approximate location, between Alanreed and Jericho (near bottom). According to the old map, from 1975, at that time there were dozens of windmills in the area.

Featured in this blog as "Holy Lone Star Sepulchre of the Windmill" (scroll down).

This may be a description of the same windmill site.

Yahoo Map of nearby Alanreed, TX

Nearby, I tried to follow the "Jericho Gap" dirt road. Soon, I found myself neither here nor there, and decided to turn around and go back before I got stuck or lost. Following the original dirt track suddenly seemed less important than it did a few minutes earlier.

This wind power plant was at White Deer, Texas, which is away from Route 66 by a few miles:

Wind Turbine Windmills, Wind Power Plant, White Deer, Texas

To the west of Amarillo, we visited the Cadillac Ranch:

Thanks to MJP for the above 2 photos.

As tradition encourages, we left our marks, in a few colors:

Go Boiler Makers!

A college spirit competition ensued:
Go Boiler Makers! Go Vols!

Go Boiler Makers! Go Vols!
Thanks to MJP for the 2 photos used in the above animated image, which was made using Imagemagick convert and ppmfade.

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Quote of the moment

All the experts here ... say “There will be no war.” They said the same thing all through July 1914.... In those days I believed the experts. Today I have my tongue in my cheek. This does not mean I am become cynical; but as President I have to be ready just like a Fire Department!

~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. Letter, March 16, 1936, to Ambassador William E. Dodd. The Roosevelt Letters, vol. 3, pp. 173-174, ed. Elliott Roosevelt, George G. Harrup & Co., Ltd. (1952).

Roosevelt saw the responsibility of his office as being obliged to provide leadership in times of crisis and be prepared for unwanted contingencies. This is one of the chief requisites for greatness in a national leader. ~

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