Video Stops in Arizona

Hi friends,

Our latest videos were a bit of a surprise!

We drove to Flagstaff, Arizona on Thursday and discovered once we arrived that one of our hosts for the night works at Southwest Windpower (www.WindEnergy.com), and he invited us to come to the factory for a tour. Couldn't turn that down! Southwest Windpower makes residential wind turbines, a much smaller scale than those we saw at the Roscoe wind farm! Their best-known wind turbine is the Skystream model, which is an all-in-one unit that includes the mounting pole, turbine, and inverter, which makes it easier to get up and running. Carrick got the guided tour of the factory and saw how they make small wind turbines, a real unexpected treat!

From Flagstaff we drove down to the Scottsdale Water Campus for a last-minute video about water recycling. The crude but descriptive term would be 'toilet-to-tap'...the city of Scottsdale takes the city wastewater (yes, including what we flush down the toilet) and filters it many times over then injects it back into the ground, which eventually ends up back into the water table, which eventually ends up in the municipal water supply....recycling at it's best! The southwest region has limited water resources so water conservation here is especially important! It was last-minute because until the day before we didn't know for sure whether we'd be able to come and get a tour! We got to see the different stages of filtering and talk about why water conservation is so important.

For the next few days we are doing some traveling and visiting, with our next two videos in the Las Vegas area.

READER QUESTION: Are you finding it easy for the whole family to eat
healthy on the road? I mean, it's easy at home when you have access
to good food, but while traveling through McDonald-land it must be
tough.
We're using the website www.VegDining.com to help us find healthy places to eat along the way - not too many vegan options at Waffle House! VegDining has listings of veggie restaurants all over the country. When internet access has been scarce we've used the GPS to help us find a veggie restaurant, which has a much more limited list but it's worked. Taco Bell works in a pinch with some bean burritos, but at best it's just utility food.

There probably won't be much to report for the next few days, but I'll write again once we've made it through Las Vegas.

Be well,
Colin
www.OurRenewableNation.org