[sac-board] WARNING--Sentinel Road Closed

Bad News;

The usual observing spot at Sentinel will not be available for several weeks.  
As Chuck mentioned there is a lot of heavy equipment at the place where the 
road crosses the railroad tracks and they are working on the tracks and the 
only info I could get is that the work will take several weeks.  Now you know 
all that I know.  So, I am hoping that very few people will miss this message 
and drive all the way down there only to find that the road is closed by a 
LARGE earth mover.

So, second choice, let's try the KOFA site.  Drive 90 miles west out of Phoenix 
on I-10 and turn left (south) on Vicksburg Road (exit 45).  There is a Tomahawk 
Truck Stop at this exit.  Get on the dirt road going south into the KOFA 
wilderness.  Curt Taylor and I found a spot back in about 8 miles.  On the left 
side of the road was a huge desert pavement formation, lots of room for folks 
and scopes.  I believe it will be far enough from the truckstop to block off 
lights.  If not, we can search around on Saturday afternoon.  

It certainly was a LONG drive to Sentinel only to find the road blocked off, if 
you know of anyone going this weekend, please give them a call.

Clear Skies and easy access to an observing site;
Steve

stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx
Author:  Deep Sky Observing--The Astronomical Tourist
Saguaro Astronomy Club web site:
www.saguaroastro.org

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