[Chaos-l] Mini Star Party This Weekend

[BOBI GALLAGHER]

Speaking of impromptu observing, I noticed that our Jordan Lake permit goes 
thru early January 2009.

Am I reading it right? I have only been there briefly on a few occassions, 
but it has provided me some wonderful miky way moments under a much better 
sky than Durham near I40. And only less than half an hour away.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark South" <md_south at mac.com>
To: "Mark Lerch" <mark.lerch at quest.com>
Cc: "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Mini Star Party This Weekend


>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
>
> Sent from my cell
>
> 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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