I'm going to be in Rhode Island on Tuesday and giving it a shot from there. Weather doesn't look great there either, mind you, but I gotta do what I gotta do. -j On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 1:21 PM, charles jacobson <jacobsonc@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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**** > > ** ** > > *From:* tas-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > tas-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Jerry Cotey > *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2012 10:23 AM > *To:* tas-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > *Subject:* [tas-list] Re: Venus transit rain-site?**** > > ** ** > > 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 **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Tom Trelvik <tom@xxxxxxxxxxx> > *To:* tas-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Friday, June 1, 2012 11:14 AM > *Subject:* [tas-list] Venus transit rain-site?**** > > > 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 > > > **** >