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I agree with Steve and Rosie.  This is one of the few sites that is
accessible with my motor-home that I carry my telescope and mount into.  =
I
cannot get it into the Antennas site, so I don't go there.  Me and my =
son
have gone to Sentinel on several occasions and never had any trouble, =
except
a visit from a AP or ranger, which does not bother me. They were more
interested in looking through the telescope than anything else.

Thomas Hilton=20

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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steven Dodder
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:16 AM
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: The Last Sentinel-Schwaar Star Gaze the =
weekend

I for one do not look at this as a "good decision".  I first met Pierre =
at
Sentinel, and can not place him at any other site in Arizona.  In my
(relatively few) years of attending this star party and this location, I
feel inspired by the memories of him in this location.  When he'd arrive =
and
begin unloading 6 or 7 telescopes, mounts, binoculars, and sundry other
hand-made paraphernailia, the feeling of cameraderie washed over the =
field,
taking everyone with it.  Moving the party somewhere "more convenient" =
for
some misses the spirit of the event entirely, imho.

Rosie and I have visited the Sentinel site on our own many times as a =
dark
site and "road trip" and have NEVER encountered any problems.  It is =
close
for us and darker than Vekol, (which is essentially the same as our back
yard).

I can't say I'd attend a star party with Pierre's name on it at another
location.  It wouldn't be the same.  It may be your last trip there, but =
it
surely won't be ours.


Steve and Rosie Dodder=20

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> From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] The Last Sentinel-Schwaar Star Gaze the =
weekend
> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:51:33 -0700
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> Howdy all;
> =20
>=20
> Well, it does not seem to be so, but after 21 years of viewing the sky
from
> Sentinel, Az. we are going to make this the last trip.  The "Antennas"
site
> off of Hovatter Road is better, safer, easier to get to, and that is =
going
> to be the "far west" site from now on.  I believe that to be a good
> decision.
>=20


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