[AZ-Observing] My Meade 16" LX200R

On April 6th I ordered the Meade 16" LX200R with a permanent equatorial 
pier (the pier itself weighs about 250 lbs). This morning I picked it up 
at Accurate Cargo Delivery System in Phoenix and hauled it up here in my 
74 Dodge van. I just finished unloading everything, including the 
monstrously heavy pier. Thanks for the offer to help Jeff (H.), but as 
you know _real_ Arizonans are strong and tough for their size. (-:  I 
had to have the 24" diameter of the base of the pier reduced to 22.5" 
and Meade came through with flying colors. I am looking forward to 
getting it in operation.

I'm not sure what I will do with my 12.5" Dall-Kirkham. Maybe it will be 
the telescope for the 10 acre lot I purchased last December. In my 
opinion it is a fantastic site for astronomy. The seeing has been 
extremely good the few times I have been there. It is at 8,000 ft. 
elevation on Horse Mountain, about 20 miles SW of Datil, NM.
Stan
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