Eeerie, but cool

A few weekends ago we went to see the Windmills that are out just outside of the city we live in. There are hundreds of them - you can see them far off from a distance and then the first few times (once with the kids and once with my mom) we got just close enough to see how huge they are - and then got creeped out enough to drive away. When we had some down time BigGuy, the kids and I all drove out to them. Something I had not noticed was you can drive right up to them, park and walk around. Having been creeped out in prior trips I didn't notice this. BigGuy however, drove right up and even attempted to park next to it - at which I pointed out my seemingly logical fear that the propellers would fall off crushing us all - or at least the car. I hind sight I realize that since they were moving they would probably have fallen out away from their post and probably crushed the van where it was - heck, they are so huge they would probably have fallen and crushed our van regardless of where we parked. Anyway, these babies are just hanging out in the middle of the corn and soy - creating electricity - they are quiet for the most part. Although, on the day we were there the breeze was very low and whenever it did pick up and the propellers would start to move more quickly you could hear the groaning and you could see them bow to the winds pressure. Pretty cool.