Some of the windmills in a smallish wind farm near Weatherford, OK.
And, yes, the sky really was that pretty today.
And, yes, the sky really was that pretty today.
A somewhat closer view of one of the windmills. They are ENORMOUS!
One of the trails in Red Rock Canyon State Park-the tree up ahead is a huge oak that is actually growing out of the side of the bluff...it didn't fall down across the trail. It grew like that.
These rocks remind me of "Jessie's Rocks" in southern Illinois, only they're RED, instead of sand stone and gray colored!
Me, with giant horsetail growing near the water of a creek in the canyonAbout and hour and a half away from home, there's a state park with camping and hiking trails. Dave decided that I needed a nature fix to help me deal with the stress I am under as I await tomorrow's "breast test" day.
He was right.
We went to Red Rock Canyon state park, and hiked two of the trails. It was fine and hot, but not too hot. We spotted lots of red rocks!
Then, after, we drove a little further west so that I could see the closest wind farm. It's smaller than the one that is further west, in Oklahoma's pan handle, and it's smaller than the one we drove through in Missouri on the move trip. (which was probably the one I could see from the plane as I flew over it a few times when I was visiting down here before the move)
But we could get right up close to some of them, and they are freakin' HUGE! The wind was blowing, as it always does in Oklahoma, and they make this deep, whoosh whoosh whoosh sound as the blades rotate.
It was pretty cool!
A good day of distractions, with wild flowers and trees I still can't identify, and lots of hawks, swallows, and scissor tail fly catchers to admire.
I spent MOST of the day NOT worrying...so that was a good thing.
He was right.
We went to Red Rock Canyon state park, and hiked two of the trails. It was fine and hot, but not too hot. We spotted lots of red rocks!
Then, after, we drove a little further west so that I could see the closest wind farm. It's smaller than the one that is further west, in Oklahoma's pan handle, and it's smaller than the one we drove through in Missouri on the move trip. (which was probably the one I could see from the plane as I flew over it a few times when I was visiting down here before the move)
But we could get right up close to some of them, and they are freakin' HUGE! The wind was blowing, as it always does in Oklahoma, and they make this deep, whoosh whoosh whoosh sound as the blades rotate.
It was pretty cool!
A good day of distractions, with wild flowers and trees I still can't identify, and lots of hawks, swallows, and scissor tail fly catchers to admire.
I spent MOST of the day NOT worrying...so that was a good thing.
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