I didn't, I went on Friday! It was OK from 8 to 9, and great from 10pm to 2am when the crud moved in. Not bad at all and well worth the trip. I tried out my new Sentinel Anti-Dustcloud Tarp and it's a pretty good idea if there is no wind and no rain! It's 16x20, so it works much better than my prelim 8x10 one. Really keeps down the dust cloud around the bottom end of my open-end reflector and I don't have the dust coating sticking to all my clothes, shoes, and camping stuff the next day. There is a slight billow problem with a 15-20 mile wind that the rocks just don't prevent. It puffs up a little and when you walk around on it you make noise tramping it down all the time. Logged lots of H400 objects in Canis, Ursa Major and Gemini. Saw plenty of Lyrids too. Very fast and bright. I had to pack up and leave Saturday noon during the threat of approaching rain, but it didn't amount to much and it cleared up later that night I hear. Jack Jones Spicastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Dodder <sdodder@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <sac-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 6:13 PM Subject: Re: Don't Go to Sentinel on Saturday > Contrary to popular belief, after the storm blew through on Saturday, the > skies cleared, the wind stopped and it was simply glorious at Sentinel > Saturday night! There were some anxious moments in the afternoon when a > strong dust storm blew through, with gusts up to 35 mph, but it dropped > little rain-just enough to knock down the dust. A lovely outing, all in > all, if not terribly productive. (Only 2 couples, Rosie and I included > stuck it out.) You should have been there. > > > Steve and Rosie Dodder > sdodder@xxxxxxxxxxx > Visit my web site at http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >