[Chaos-l] Some New Information From The Folks At Pettigrew

[walter fowler]

I'm beat! Not even my 5X Powermate can break this forecast.  I will be
interested in any Farrington, Virgilina, Moore County, Medoc or Pettigrew
trips that anyone is planning in the near future ... weather permitting!
The post-script  "Clear skies"  has meaning.  Walter


On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Robert Nielsen <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com>wrote:

> Everyone,
>
> So the curse of the amateur astronomer (buying new stuff, scheduling a star
> party, whatever it is) has seemed to strike us fully this weekend.    Even a
> possible "sucker hole party" at Medoc or anywhere else seems possible Friday
> or Saturday night.   I'm pretty bummed out about it, personally.   I've
> spent a week getting my house ready for kitchen renovation, etc. and I was
> looking forward to a few days at Pettigrew taking it easy and observing at
> night.
>
> Currently, the weather forecasts think this is going to end Sunday ... with
> Monday being nice ... and then probably starting up again.   I've been in
> contact with the rangers at Pettigrew, and told them that the possibility of
> a rain make-up on Sunday still exists, depending on when the clouds and rain
> clears out.   But he realizes that Saturday is probably not possible, and is
> waiting for me to give him an update on Saturday.   I realize that most of
> you can't make it all the way out to Pettigrew on Sunday night ... but
> Michael and I were planning on staying until Tuesday, and I'm still planning
> on going out there for at least one night.   If you can join us, then great!
>
> The Pettigrew ranger, Doug LeQuire, mentioned trying again in May ... on
> possibly the 13th with a rain date on the 20th.  So we can plan for that as
> well as the Boy Scout event in April.   And until then, we need to hold off
> buying stuff ...
>
> Let me know if there is a chance you want to come on Sunday night,
> depending on the weather ... and I will give Doug a headcount for the night.
>
> Robert
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://rtpnet.org/pipermail/chaos-l/attachments/20090326/15d7b5f9/attachment.htm>