GC2RV5B Traditional Cache The Winds
Type: Traditional | Size: Other Other | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Tammy and The Chief @ | Hide Date: 04/09/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 09.593 W104° 37.421 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Available at all times  Available during winter  Parking available  Needs maintenance  Park and Grab 
The Vestas Towers Facility is the largest in the world.

Parking is nearby and a neat memorial close by as well.

Take in the scenery and the wind, of course! Check out Pueblo in the background.

C & D

******Congrats to BillKat for FTF :) **********
The Sun heats our atmosphere unevenly, so some patches become warmer than others.

These warm patches of air rise, other air blows in to replace them - and we feel a wind blowing.

We can use the energy in the wind by building a tall tower, with a large propeller on the top.

The wind blows the propeller round, which turns a generator to produce electricity.
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13 Logs: Found it 6  Didn't find it 7  

Didn't find it 03/31/2019 By DustyKat
no joy today. We will keep an eye on this one and try again later.

Didn't find it 03/17/2019 By gojenni714
DNF

Didn't find it 12/24/2018 By auctnr
came u[ empty again in the daylight.

Does anyone else find it ironic that they only have one of these things operational here where they make them? Seems like they probably use a lot more energy than that in the porduction line? Even more ironic is the coal fired plant down the road and the giant field of solar panels next to it.

Logged with GCDroid. 12/24/18. 9:04 AM

Logged with GCDroid.

Didn't find it 12/23/2018 By auctnr
Came up empty here tonight. Logged with GCDroid. 12/23/18. 9:42 PM

Logged with GCDroid.

Found it 12/13/2018 By gnome_goddess
Quick find, tftc!

Found it 09/20/2018 By GoofyBareHunter
Lil bugger....Found with NakedNHappyHunter while on a road trip across country from Tampa, FL.....
TFTC!

Found it 09/20/2018 By NakedNHappyHunter
Nice history lesson.

On a many month & state caching adventure. Took a quick break and found this.
Found with GoofyBareHunter

Found it 08/31/2018 By MichelleWCO
TFTC, micro!

Didn't find it 07/22/2018 By emmakgriff
Couldn't find it.

Didn't find it 07/22/2018 By alexjgriff
Couldn’t find it, pretty tricky

Didn't find it 07/22/2018 By prerules
Couldn’t find it

Found it 07/20/2018 By tugies
Wow, I was wondering what these were. Giving your favorite point. Thanks for the fun, Tammy and The Chief!

Found it 07/15/2018 By SeekDaCache
Once we learned about the Hidden Creature Challenge we knew we would have to travel in order to complete the challenge. We simply did not have one hundred caches within 40 miles to be able to log. Since we had not been in the Pueblo area for years we decided to cache our way to and then in the area.

Our second day of caching in and around the Pueblo area before heading home, included more maintenance on 10 more caches. We replaced caches, logs and containers on ignored caches by the owners. We had completed the Hidden Creature Challenge yesterday but enjoyed the new area while adding to our numbers. Very nice hide, SL,TFTC


Thank you Tammy and The Chief for placing this cache for our enjoyment.