Windmills at the Aerie

The clouds lifted a bit this morning. Probably because the wind has continued to blow strongly out of the southwest. Those winds hit the west end of the ridge which curls slightly to the north and are forced upwards. This tends to push things up and away from the Aerie when the winds come from the southwest. Occasionally this breaks any small storm cell that heads our way. Today, it just lifted the clouds...for a while.

Before the clouds settled down to obscure the view, the crane was busy setting the second piece of each of the three windmills and lifting the generator housings to the tops.

The view before the fog. Two towers are done
and the second housing is going up.

Once the fog set in, the work was hidden from view. You could hear the crane at work, but could only guess at what was happening.

The lifting of the clouds exposed the completed windmills.

Three sets of blades are in place.

During a brief break in the fog yesterday, I could see that the crane, near the middle windmill at the time, had been lowered. I assumed it would be leaving the ridge. Today, it appeared off to the left. Could another windmill be in the offing?

The wind may be blowing, but the windmills aren't set up yet to generate any power. Still, they are turning...very...very...slowly.

Oh, BTW, it's raining again.