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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Blowin’ in the wind

…And thus, Chanukah 5771 comes to an end.

Strangely enough, we didn’t have a chance to visit a single national park during the festival.

But if you’re thinking that this means that you get a reprieve and that I won’t be boring you to tears with our vacation pictures, think again.

Because during our recent trip up North, Be-All-You-Can-Be graciously took time out from his arduous duties as Our Shiputzim’s official military advisor and led us off the beaten track – I mean that literally; a rugged army jeep would’ve been more in order :-) -  to see the wind turbines in the Golan.

So, not only do I have pictures of our trip to show you… (As always, click on the photos for a closer view.)

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…But I have a couple of videos too!

According to Be-All-You-Can-Be, the stationary turbine in the second video isn’t broken. Rather, the turbines are programmed to stop turning once they’re all powered up.

Thank you, Be-All-You-Can-Be, for the fascinating tour and for sharing some of your incredible knowledge with us!

!שבת שלום ומבורך

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P.S. Jennifer in MamaLand kindly included my Poland trip post in the latest Jewish Homeschooling Blog Carnival. Be sure to check it out!

7 comments:

  1. The winds are expected to blow this Shabbat, hopefully bringing rain and not outing electricity.

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  2. love the pics (and the videos!)! hope y'all had a lovely hanukkah! i bet it was delicious at your house!!

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  3. Batya - Hopefully, these winds are a sign that winter is finally here to stay!

    Galit - Thanks, and have a wonderful week!

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  4. The winds certainly are blowing, I just saw a man in a rowboat fly past my office window!

    Isn't the rain wonderful?

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  5. Miriyummy - LOL! Here in TRLEOOB (=the real life equivalent of our blog), we've been waiting for Mary Poppins to fly in on a kite... :-)

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  6. The pictures are excellent and the videos at least try to capture the essence of the wind. I think next time you will be better served to show how the adults and kids were getting blown all over the place like feathers. :)

    Seeing as all the cars seemed to emerge from the ordeal in less then five pieces, next time we should try a few anti-tank ditches. Now that should be an adventure!

    Anyhow, it was absolutely a pleasure.

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  7. Be All You Can Be - next time we should try a few anti-tank ditches
    Does this mean that you're running for the Vaadat Tiyul for Chanukah 5772 IY"H?
    :-)

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