Hi all, Greetings from the (sort of) cool Northwest. It's about 80 degrees at the Oregon Star Party at mid-day. Last night was the first official night, and we had a small trough make it a suckerhole evening. Looks good now for the next two nights, and we are crossing our fingers that the smoke on the western horizon turns away from us. Making the trip from Arizona this year were Al Steiwing, Bernie Sanden, Diane Hope, Jennifer Keller, and me, Tom Polakis, on Jennifer's account. Pretty cool to have an internet kiosk in the middle of a National Forest in the middle of nowhere. Hoping for clear and smokeless skies tonight. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.