[Chaos-l] Mini Star Party This Weekend

[Mark South]

I agree. thanks Robert for your efforts to get this together
Do you think Chaos folks could get access to stay the night impromtu?  
The more options we have the better!
South

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On Dec 17, 2008, at 8:31 AM, Mark Lerch <mark.lerch at quest.com> wrote:

> I'm very excited about this Robert, thanks for pursuing it.  I've  
> observed there in the past and the skies were quite good.  To me it  
> is well worth driving an extra hour if I'm observing 5 or more hours.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org]  
> On Behalf Of Robert Nielsen
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 9:09 PM
> To: Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society
> Subject: [Chaos-l] Mini Star Party This Weekend
>
> Everyone,
>
> Well, if you have been checking like I have, you probably realize that
> the weather is not going to cooperate this weekend for our mini star
> party at Medoc Mountain State Park.  I'm still hoping for a miracle,  
> but
> the weather predictions have steadily been for almost 100% cloud cover
> and rain showers Thursday through Sunday.   We'll see ...
>
> But in preparation, I drove to the park today ... and it is a very,  
> very
> nice place.   It took about 1 hour 40 minutes to get there, but I got
> stuck behind a couple of slow cars and trucks.  They have 34  
> campsites,
> 10 of them with electricity.  There is a *heated* bathhouse with
> showers.   There is a large field where Allen says he usually sets up
> for observing.   There is a fireplace at the end of the field where  
> you
> can build a fire and keep warm.  There are also group campsites with a
> separate field, that might be a great place to have a club star  
> party in
> the spring!   In all, I was very impressed ... and I didn't even get  
> to
> see how dark it was at night!
>
> So I am really looking forward to going there sometime soon and doing
> some observing ... it just probably won't be this weekend.   Perhaps  
> we
> can go in January.   I'll let you know.
>
> Robert
>
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