I am so glad you guys ended up with good skies. From PHX, they looked bad and the satellite was awful at sunset, especially vis a vis moisture content. Glad it worked out well for all. Lori, can we get a rain check on the pie???? Please????? Richard Harshaw Cave Creek, Arizona Brilliant Sky Observatory -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jimmy Ray Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 12:53 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Road Adventure - Part Deux To All, It appears the both nights of Star Parties at Cherry II were successful! Stepping on to the field my attention was attracted by a small stack of rocks with a note sticking out. It's retrieval got the night started off with smiles and laughs as it contained well wishes from the previous nights group plus a listing of vehicles, souls, and conditions. For our group the evening was looking as though it would be one sharing, laughing and early bedtimes as it was 90% overcast with no definitive sign that anything was going to change but shortly after sunset, things started to clear and the evening was sharing, laughing and observing until the wee hours. The fun continued on this morning with most of the group stopping in at Rock Springs for breakfast. Overall a super party. Both nights had 5 vehicles and 7 hearty observers. The Saturday night group was treated the a "Pie Party" hosted by Mitch and Lori Prause (Mmmm, Good!) Thank you to all who attended! Look forward to doing it again next month. Hope to see you there, Jimmy Ray -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of AJ Crayon Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 2:57 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Road Adventure - Part Deux Might add we were all struck by the fact all the grass up there at the site was a brilliant green. You might check around some of the rocks there for any messages left. AJ Crayon Phoenix, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 1:21 PM Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Road Adventure - Part Deux Thank you for the great report AJ. I'm going up shortly and will be armed with your call for observations. It'll be the "flashback" tour as I will be using my little orange C-8. I remember when I used to think it was "BIG". Now it's my "grab-n-go" scope... Thank you, Jimmy Ray -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of AJ Crayon Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 12:42 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; 'SAC Announcements' Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Cherry Road Adventure - Part Deux Turns out Dwight was there last night along with Dick, Darrell, Noah (his son), Dan Gruber and myself. We were up till 3:00am seeing lots of doubles, galaxies, clusters (but not Step 1), Pease 1 and meteors. All the meteors I saw were clearly Perseids. Weather was clear and cool. A great time was had by all. I'll not be there tonight - still recuperating. AJ Crayon Phoenix, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "'SAC Announcements'" <sac-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 11:02 AM Subject: [AZ-Observing] Cherry Road Adventure - Part Deux I have reviewed the weather and Clear Sky for tonight at Cherry road (Mostly clear, calming breeze, dark sky). Looks similar to last night thought maybe a smidge softer. I'll be leading the charge at about 4 PM today and will be up there all night (as mentioned earlier, I don't do the break down and drive in the wee hours thing well so I stay the night). I think Rick and Dwight said they were in. Anyone else going up? Thank you, Jimmy Ray -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.