I'm sorry--this is all my fault. Bought a new scope, and to make matters worse, I made an observing list. On Nov 8, 2007 8:23 AM, Andrew Goodwin <a.goodwin1@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Well all this talk of the name and place has made the weather gods > angry. Looks like we will have a cloudy night both Friday and Saturday. > Could Pierre be behind this? > > Rick let me know when you get your Garmin so I can send you maps and > waypoints. The new firmware interfaces with Google earth and geocaching > very well and you can load caches from geocaching com with one click. > Very cool. > > Andrew > > > Rick Tejera wrote: > > OK, Doing a bit of Searching near Saddle mountain, It looks as though we > may > > be able to continue straight on Eliot where it turns north. About .15 > miles > > in it turns SW and then about 100 feet further on is what looks to be a > flat > > spot that may hold promise. I looked at aerial Photo's on the Maricopa > > County Assessors site (Courtesy of Andrew). The cords are approximately > N33 > > 20.789; W113 00.275, Elev. 1000'. > > > > The only possible drawback (Aside from if the road is passable by a > > passenger car), is a wash that would need to be crossed to get there. > > > > Here is the web site I used. Zoom in on the area I'm talking about and > from > > the menu options on the left, select aerial Photo and 2006 Flights. > > > > http://www.maricopa.gov/Assessor/GIS/map.html > > > > A Starting point at least. > > > > Clear Skies > > Rick Tejera > > President, Editor SACnews > > Saguaro Astronomy Club > > Phoenix, Arizona > > www.saguaroastro.org > > saguaroastro@xxxxxxx > > > > > >