[sac-forum] Re: Date and place for Heck with the Monsoons star party

I have sent an e-mail to Rick T. as I have handed off all the contact information to him. Steve Rodgers and I did not notice a sign except the one at the top of the road that indicates no cross country travel. There is no road that I can find on the map I have. I will send a scanned map to the board off list. 

Andrew


AJ Crayon wrote:
Jack, this is a good question for Andrew Goodwin to answer. He had inside knowledge of this kind of government bureaucratic biz when he was employed by Cox Communications. I hope he will have the correct answer for us. 

Thanks and clear skies,
aj

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Jones" <Telescoper@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 9:53 PM
Subject: [sac-forum] Re: Date and place for Heck with the Monsoons star party
There is what could pass for a "road" along the northern edge of the Cherry II area. I wonder if there is a penalty or fine for breaching an NFS Road Closed sign or it was put there as a CYA for them? 

Jack




Steve, et al.,
Managed to stop over at Cherry II earlier today to review the access issue. It looks pretty good. I wouldn't recommend anyone with a Ferrari attempt to get in there but the ol' family sedan should have no problems. See attached. This access location is probably 250' south of the normal entrance. There was yet another location where people had been driving into the site between the one pictured and the normal entrance but that one looked a little too rough. One note: At the "normal" entrance to Cherry II (where there is now an 2' ditch) I did see a National Forest sign (one of those 4" wide, 3' tall brown fiberglass posts) that said "Road Closed." Not sure if there is some reason besides the ditch for this sign. Nothing at the site looked out of the ordinary. 
Chris Hanrahan

---- Steve Coe <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Chris;
I would like it very much if you would provide a report on the entrance to the Cherry road sites. I think that will be very good indeed. All this discussion assumes that the site remains open and that at least some rain 
falls in that area in the next couple of weeks.

Crazy that Texas is getting flooded out and we are dry as bone.

See ya;
Steve Coe


-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Chris Hanrahan
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 4:00 PM
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I'm up for a little digging also, if that's what it takes. Cherry II, in my opinion is a lot nicer than Cherry I. Last night was my first time at C I and I'm still finding talcom-powder like dirt all over everything. Anything 
I can do to help out I certainly will.
I know I'm new here; however, my wife and I are possibly going to take our new pop-up camper to Happy Jack next weekend to try it out. Since we'll be in the area, I would certainly be willing to further investigate the C II access issue and possibly talk to the people down at the ranch regarding it. I don't want to overstep my bounds here, just looking to help in any way I 
can.  No hard feelings if this isn't what you or the club had in mind.
Chris Hanrahan


---- Richard Harshaw <rharshaw2@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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Ditto for me too, Steve Coe.  Have shovel, will dig.

Dick


-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Dan Gruber
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 1:15 PM
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Steve, if we can get decent access to Cherry II it would be better IMHO
than dodging cowpies and bulls at Cherry I. Plus I think it's larger.
I'd be happy to arrive early with a shovel (weak back and weak mind, but what the heck). Also, you'd think there'd be more issue with our using a fenced and gated area (C I) versus an open area like C II, regardless of 
the road grading issue.

Dan

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[mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Coe
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:41 AM
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Subject: [sac-forum] Date and place for Heck with the Monsoons star
party

Howdy all;

I am considering a time and place for the annual "Heck with the
Monsoons"
star party.  I know we usually do Cherry Road, but I don't know which
location to name?  Some folks said that there were lots of cows and
bulls at
the Cherry I site with the fence and I saw that the Cherry II site to
the
left has a deep cut that would make it tough to get at with the family
car.
So, give me some input here.

I am going to make it Saturday, August 11.  I know that is a New Moon
weekend, but I just think that we will be lucky to get a few hours of
clear
sky.  I doubt that we would be wasting a New Moon at Cherry Road.

So, it be the usual Novice Group session and I will announce that at
both
the EVAC and SAC meetings this month.

Let me know what you think, we can get up there early and do a little
road
work for the Cherry II site, if that is what it takes.  Anyone have a
bulldozer??

See ya;
Steve Coe

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