Howdy all; I was already at Hovatter Road, so I decided to drive down and see how the road to our observing site at Sentinel is for the star party next month. The short answer is: I have seen it worse and I have seen it better. There is some significant washboard, but it is in 3 places or so and none of them is too bad. The observing site does have a couple of ruts where a truck with big tires had some fun in the mud. But, overall I think we are OK. See ya for Nov. 17-18; Steve Coe