Arcadia Iowa Wind Farm

This was filmed in August 2009.

After my meet up with billmaa in Omaha I headed east along the Lincoln highway in Iowa just to see what I could find for possible material to use next year in my Lincoln Highway series.

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Travel & Events

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• suburbanrider
• suburbanryder
• Lincoln Highway
• Iowa
• Wind Farm

[NSKruskop]

This is a kind of late addition to this thread, I know....

I actually live in Arcadia, Iowa. I LOVE these wind turbines - if you're close to them when they're spinning, they make this amazing whump-whump that sounds like something out of a Star Trek movie. It's awe inspiring and peaceful at the same time. I spend a lot of time traveling the gravel roads of Iowa in search of photo opportunities, and I never get tired of seeing these giants. Thanks for highlighting them! Sorry about the rocks. :)

[suburbanryder]

@NSKruskop I love your rural town.

The rocks were only bad because I was on a cruiser bike.

My Kawasaki would have taken them in stride no problem.

If you ever make any videos of your town send me an email I would love to watch.

[waldenbuilder]

That seems to be a heck of a smooth gravel road. My head bouces like a bobble head doll on the gravel roads around here. I like the idea of wind power myself.

[suburbanryder]

Actually the road was full of round rocks half the size of golf balls. I had to take it very slow.

[aeroliner750]

yep another great idea that our wonderful government has came up with that doesn't work just like the rest of the government

[suburbanryder]

You mean as in wind power doesn't work?

Maybe I am not catching your meaning here.

[NSKruskop]

No videos, I'm afraid. I do have a few photos of the turbines, and one of a more rural area of the Lincoln Hwy south of Glidden Iowa.If you go to Betterphoto.website and type "Nancy Schmitz" in the search bar you'll come up with my photos - sorry, you'll have to search through to find the tubines. I couldn't figure out how to link to them directly. Lots of Iowa landscape there, too. They've recently added some great road signs marking the Lincoln Highway in this area. . Happy trails!

[aeroliner750]

well that too

[suburbanryder]

I am hoping to see some big wind farms west of me soon. We certainly have plenty of wind in this area.

[8cuttlefish8]

Very awesome, wind energy FTW!