[sac-forum] Re: New Moon weekend

Hovatter Road

Steve Coe <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:                Howdy SAC;
   
  We had a great evening at Cherry Road, lots of folks and scopes.  The sky was 
turbulent, but clear, and we had fun watching the Summer skies go away and the 
Autumn skies appear.  
   
  I would now like to start the discussion about the club star party for next 
weekend.  As I said at the club meeting, I think that going to 5 Mile Meadow is 
going to present the problem of cold temperatures and dew.  I still believe 
that.  By 10 PM at Cherry Road there was dew already forming.  Obviously that 
problem will only be worse at a higher altitude.  
   
  My thought is that we have two reasonable choices:  Cherry Road again or stay 
on the desert floor at Hovatter Road.  If there are a few folks who don?t know 
where the Hovatter site is located, I will put the directions at the end of 
this email.  Basically, it is 100 miles from central Phoenix on I-10, about 25 
miles this side of Quartzsite.
   
  The temperature at Cherry Road was quite comfortable and the dew was 
irritating, but manageable.  The good news about the Hovatter site is that the 
dew will not be a problem and the nighttime temperatures will be very 
comfortable.  The bad news about Hovatter is that the daytime temperatures will 
be warm.  We can string up some tarps for cover from the Sun and wait for night.
   
  So, I will end this email with my vote and that is Hovatter Road.  If there 
is a general clamor to hold a star party in the Rim country at 5 Mile Meadow, 
then so be it.  We do need to decide so that the portable toilet can be 
ordered.  I await your input.
   
  Clear Skies to us all;
  Steve Coe 
   
  Hovatter Road  ?Antennas?  site
   
                      North

 This site is 100 miles from central Phoenix.  Drive west on I-10 to the 
Hovatter Road exit; that is exit number 53.  This is about 40 miles past the 
Palo Verde nuclear power plant.  At the end of the off ramp, turn left over the 
freeway and drive over the canal and then the road takes a sharp right and the 
pavement ends at a ?dead end? sign.  Turn left at the sign and you will be 
headed directly toward some radio and cell phone antennas.  After you pass the 
antennas the road takes a sharp right and makes its way through a wash or 
stream gulley; then the road levels off for half a mile before you pass into a 
second gulley.  As soon as you come out of the second gulley the observing site 
is on your left.  It is a large desert pavement that is exactly 2 miles from 
the I-10 freeway. 
   



                
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