Its going to be GREAT music, GREAT friendship, GREAT food and drink and supposedly GREAT weather.

Last year we all flew into Wilkesboro and it was sort of a hassle transporting all of our camping gear via FEDEx and on the plane. Being retired, I volunteered to drive everything down and meet the others, who will fly in like last year SANS gear. Charlie will make the drive back with me to MSN.

Neighbor John volunteered the use of his pickup so with a ,”college dorm move” size UHaul trailer rented, I am on the way to North Carolina with all of our gear.

The drive though CHI was the usual parking lot, seems like it is no matter what time of day, but soon I was in BEAUTIFUL Indiana, flat, and brown at this time of year.

As I went further south though, the crabs were starting to flower. NICE!

Tooling down Interstate 65, I saw the two highlights of the day. Ahead I could see a vehicle that I instantly recognized, being from MSN, and notice one of its tail lights was burned out.

One of the fleet of Wiener mobiles from Oscar Mayer!

Go Dog One!

At the same time I was passing through highlight number two, the MASSIVE wind farm generator near Wolcott, IN. Makes our 8-10 generators out by Dodgeville look like child’s play.

“The 500 MW Meadow Lake Wind Farm is a wind farm near Brookston and Chalmers, Indiana, spreading over portions of White, Jasper, and Benton Counties in Indiana, owned and operated by EDP Renewables North America.^[1] The wind farm is undergoing construction in phases, and could eventually reach a combinednameplate capacity of 1000 MW with over 600 wind turbines.^[2] The farm can be seen by travelers prominently on both sides of Interstate 65, which runs through the area.” 

Go here to see the stunning movie. And yes, that is Leo LePorte, THE Tech Guy, on the podcast you hear in the background. Leo accompanied me all the way to Scottsboro, my home for the night, located just north of Louisville.

A hearty steak dinner at the bar of the Roadhouse with a bunch of construction  guys, my age, made for an interesting evening. And . . . too many beers! By 6:30am their fleet of 15 pickups were all gone. Not sure how they do it everyday. Must sleep all weekend!

. . .  and Happy Belated Earth Day . . .  don’t miss this video. It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.

Click here to see video.

Go here to see the 2014 lineup: www.merlefest.org