5 days Escape to the Coachella Valley, at Westin Resorts, Palm Deserts, CA.

The Mist-Sprayed-Entry to counter the hot Weather, which was incidently at 113 degrees F.

In the Club House

Relaxing in the Club House

 The Wild Life

The Pool, Spa and the 60 ft Water Slide supplimented the fun for kids.

The Golf Course Onsite

Fully equipped kids had a fantastic fun in the pools hopping from one to the other.

Shiv ready to jump and join the fun while watching the kids.

Shiv in the balcony overlooking Golf course

The ladies seem to be happy even in this heat which reminded Harvinder of Ajmer where she was raised. The atmosphere smelt similar and had the floura and fauna to the same extent. No migratory birds, however were noticed at this time of the year. They are found in abundance in winter times.



A trip to nearby Native Indian's Fantasy Springs Resorts Casino

Enjoying freshly cooked Vegetarian soup, a delight she is always looking for at or away from home.

While passing through Thousnd Palms camp grounds, on way to Indio; a beautiful central valley city CA.

Picturesque Central valley with a view of Water Canal and green vast fields

While passing through loaded Red Grapes orchards, we also winessed miles and miles of Almonds, Walnuts and Cytrus Orhards.

Windmills in California

Windmills of Altamont Pass in my neighborhood Livermore, CA

Windmills dot the landscape as Interstate 580 passes through the Altamont Pass Wind Farm

The Altamont Pass Wind Farm is located in the Altamont Pass of the Diablo Range in Central California. It is one of the earliest wind farms in the United States. The wind farm is composed of 4930 relatively small wind turbines of various types, making it at one time the largest farm in the world in terms of capacity. Altamont Pass is still the largest concentration of wind turbines in the world, with a capacity of 576 megawatts (MW), producing about 125 MW on average and 1.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) yearly.

Palm Springs Wind Energy

Increasingly popular as alternative sources of energy, wind turbine generators are a type of windmill that produces electricity by harnessing the wind. Wind turbine generators are much less harmful to the environment than burning fossil fuels, but they do require average wind speeds of at least 21 km/h (13 mph). The largest of these windmills stands 150 feet tall with blades half the legend of a football field. The compartments at the top containing the generator, hub and gearbox weigh 30,000 to 45,000 pounds.

A wind turbine's cost can range upwards to $300,000 and can produce 300 kilowatts - the amount of electricity used by a typical household in a month. Almost all of the currently installed wind electric generation capacity is in California. The high-tech megatowers are engineered in cooperation with NASA and nursed by federal and state subsidies. This wind farm on the San Gorgonio Mountain Pass in the San Bernadino Mountains contains more than 4000 separate windmills and provides enough electricity to power Palm Springs and the entire Coachella Valley.

The North Wind 250 is an advanced technology, 250 kW wind turbine developed by the New World Power Technology Company under the DOE Wind Turbine Development Program. The two-bladed, upwind turbine uses aircraft-style aileron controls that deploy in high winds to smooth out energy spikes. Wind Energy as a Significant Source of Electricity .

Happy 8th Birthday Gobind 2011