What Lurks in the Night? (at a rest stop)

You never know what you are going to drive by when traveling home, late at night, from an art class?! LOL This was good enough that we got off the freeway (we were going W on 94), got back on going back east, got off again and came back west and pulled into the rest stop where we had seen 2 of these strange things!!! Never seen before, and probably never will again.

This is what we saw from the freeway at, um, 70 miles per hour (ha ha).
This is the treat we got to experience up close! And please know, this picture does NOT do the sight justice. It was simply awesome. The whole truck and trailer took up the width of 6 1/2 semi-truck parking spaces. B used the best adjective - massive!

This is what we figured out after we dug around the internet this morning. These are blades for a wind turbine. Skypower, a Canadian company, is a leader in the renewable energy industry. They are involved with both wind and solar projects.

If you are at all interested in renewable energy, you've got to dig around their website. http://www.skypower.com Many cool things await you, like videos, bios on current projects, general information on wind and solar power, etc. There is even an Educational Center on their website! http://www.skypower.com/Education_center.html

The timing of seeing these could not have been better, given it was Earth Day! B has not stopped talking about renewable energy. And he is back on wanting to erect a household wind turbine at the lake. Sometimes you just never know where and when you are going to find a lesson just waiting to be discovered!