Had a long discussion with the "The Bear" pertaining to the Wind Generator project at the Hole In The Wall Recreation Area this summer. Based on his calculations, he can construct two generators and have them on line for Memorial Day weekend. Surprisingly, there is not really that much to the building them, running the underground cable and hooking up the batteries in parallel is the most time consuming part of the project. He estimates that he can assemble the base and mast in less than a day after the concrete sets up. Using his computations, based on the average wind speed on the horizon of the bluff, two generators will provide sufficient power to feed both the recreational area and the Eagle Nest. The even better news is that there will be an excess of energy generated, unknown to me but Homer Electric Association will purchase any excess. As well, they will provide a grant to build the project. In less than an hour, he assembled a smaller version of the generator and to prove how effective these are, he installed six batteries in my car. I am now utilizing "alternative energy" and am now "gas free", I feel so much better.