Snow and Wind

We drove up to Tehachapi to see three parks.  Tehachapi is 35 miles east-southeast of Bakersfield and west of Mojave.  It is still winter up there at 3,970 feet above sea level.  One park we went to called Indian Hills Ranch still has snow on the hills above it.  It was cold!  I suspect we will see more of that in the future although the snow pack in California is very, very light.

With California Governor Brown’s new water restrictions and the general reaction to the lack of water by the population here, we can see California adjusting to its new reality.  One has to wonder how long it will be before the production of agriculture will migrate back to seasonal production in other areas of the country and how much of what we accept as normal produce year round will become a thing of fond memory?  By the time we reached Santa Paula, we could see that the farmers are working hard to provide us with everything from strawberries and cabbages to oranges and lemons.  All of which have been plucked from the earth and trees by back breaking work.  It causes me to pause and be grateful for what I take for granted pushing a grocery cart.

One thing California is getting right are acres and acres of wind generators in remote areas.  We passed hundreds of them all working away making electricity with the free source of energy created by the wind and bothering no one by their presence in the process.  Pretty awesome!