[tas-list] Re: Venus transit rain-site?

I am not a TAS member /yet/.
I chose to stay in Auburn.
It was about 50% cloudy but very windy.
Wen the sun was visible it was clear.
However, the wind made viewing especially dissatisfying.
Sam Hunt
...joining soon...if I don't move to Redmond, OR first.

On 6/8/2012 8:57 PM, charles jacobson wrote:
I choose to avoid vantage as the wind was too much for me. I went further to George; modestly windy and cloudy;; lots of interesting shots with clouds in the fore ground. Sort of artistic.
I was impressed with the size of the venus projection; I missed the exact beginning due to the clouds;
In the end I could see venus naked eye at George, on top of the Vantage summit and in downtown Eburg;
I looked for your pickup as I drove back across the bridge about 6pm or so. I must have missed you two. 

Tuned it was clear in Tacoma for hours;  Who would guess that!! chuck
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Well Chuck,,how did you do
Betty and I drove to Vantage and set up at the boat launch. Had a wonderful view and got some nice pictures through the scope. It was very windy though so the seeing was not great. Sure some nice sun spots as well,,,where did you end up. I didn't think we saw you drive back by us on the river so thought you might have headed towards Yakima. 

Jerry
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Doug your welcome to come along in my van chuck
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Chuck,
The cloud cover forecast in Ellensburg looks pretty good (57%) compared to places further east, Yakama – 56%, Pasco – 62%, Moses Lake – 82-63%, Spokane – 87%. Not sure why that should be…
Let me know where you decide to head for. I might follow someone with a solar scope J 

Doug
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Weather looks ugly doen’t it; clouds; less so as one moves towards pasco. Hope to see you in the canyon sometime on tue; chuck
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I have plans,,
Betty H and I are going to be at the Big Pines campground on the Yakima River Mon and Tue. This campground is on the old highway running between Ellensburg and Yakima. The walls of the canyon are quite high but I am sure the sun will still be well up at 3 in the afternoon. For the transit we are going to move a little ways towards Yakima,,,down the river a couple of miles to the Roza rec. area. There are mountain sheep to watch here as well as a Red Tailed Hawks nest with three young ones in it on the cliffs across the road. At least the three little ones were still in the nest a week ago. Any-way this will keep us entertained until the transit. There is lots of space here for cars and there are rest rooms and pic-nic tables. 

Jerry Cotey

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So I'm not liking the forecast very much, yet. Are there any tentative
plans for a day trip to somewhere with a better view if it becomes
necessary? Maybe Paradise Inn on Mt Rainier will be above the cloud
deck? I'm not sure if that's often the case, or not.

Anyone have any backup plans?

Tom

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