[sac-forum] Re: New Moon weekend

Tomorrow Monday I will contact Gila Bend PortaPotty Inc and see if they will 
deliver to the Antenna site, but I don't think they will and the cost will be 
prohibitive. I think I can find an alternate in Quartzsite, so go on with the 
discussion. I prefer the Antenna site because of lack of dew, chiggers, and 
other campers, but would keep an eye on the wind forcast.

Jack Jones
Public Events Coordinator
Saguaro Astronomy Club
Phoenix AZ
Telescoper@xxxxxxx
www.saguaroastro.org


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Coe 
  To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 1:42 PM
  Subject: [sac-forum] Re: New Moon weekend


  Let's get all the votes in and let everyone who wants to say something do so. 
 The directions to the Hovatter "Antennas" site was included in my first 
message.



  Steve Coe



  -----Original Message-----
  From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Jimmy Ray
  Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 12:54 PM
  To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [sac-forum] Re: New Moon weekend



  Very well. With that said, I'm just gonna follow you guys. Say where and when 
and I'll be there...

    -----Original Message-----
    From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Coe
    Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 12:24 PM
    To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [sac-forum] Re: New Moon weekend

    Jimmy;



    The drive to Sentinel is longer than Hovatter Road, but it is pretty dusty 
and we have a Sentinel star party planner for November 17-18.



    Steve Coe





    -----Original Message-----
    From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jimmy Ray
    Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 9:52 AM
    To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [sac-forum] Re: New Moon weekend



    If we're going to stay down in the desert, what about Sentinel? Temps and 
weather about the same? Mileage?

      -----Original Message-----
      From: sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:sac-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Coe
      Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 6:35 AM
      To: sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Subject: [sac-forum] New Moon weekend

      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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