GaoChang Ancient City

GaoChang has a history of over 1400 years. I tried reading a book I bought about GaoChang so I could fill this post with fun little facts about the historical significance of GaoChang, but the book was pretty boring and filled with lots of bad English, so no fun facts today. 1400 years is all I got.

We rode a donkey cart from the front gate of the city to the back where the main ruins were.

The donkey cart ride was fun. I had no idea that a donkey could go that fast.

Along the way, we went past some scattered ruins, but nothing big.

In the back was a larger group of ruins which must have been the main city. I would have liked to look around more, but our donkey cart driver threaten to leave if we took more than 10 minutes.

We did get a chance to take a few pictures while we were looking around.

The donkey carts raced back to the front gate.

I am not sure why since there were other drivers taking a nap at the gate.

City of Grapes

About 3 hours south of where I live is a city known for its grapes. The city is on the edge of desert, and there are grape vines growing everywhere.

In the spring, the grapes start out small.

These are some of the last remaining grapes of the fall. I have never been there in the summer for the height of grape season, because it is simply too hot to be enjoyable. I was there the last day of September, and the temperature was in the 90s.

There are also small houses like this all over the city where the grapes are dried to make raisins.

Wind Power

Along the road to the City of Grapes, there is a large wind power plant.

I had trouble finding information about the power plant, but I read that it is the largest in the country with a capacity of 100 megawatts.

Here is a picture of me pretending to be one of the wind turbines. Unfortunately, I don't generate much power.