Awesome, count me in! GW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard King" <drrbk@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 9:19:45 AM Subject: [tccrockets] Re: TCC Blackrock? I’m just trying to gauge interest. Probably looking at some time next year when we could best coordinate schedules, projects and stuff. RK From: Gary Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 9:12 AM To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tccrockets] Re: TCC Blackrock? I have never been and would love to go, especially with our own TCC. Are we talking sometime this, or next year since we have to get the waiver squared away?? GW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard King" <drrbk@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 11:03:40 PM Subject: [tccrockets] TCC Blackrock? Our esteemed President – James- brought up the prospect of our club members making the trek to Blackrock to conduct it’s own “balls” (note the lower case “b”) launch some time in the future. I just wanted to get a sense of how many people in our club would be interested in making the trek. I’m guessing about a third of us have made the trip many times and some have never been. I cannot begin to describe the experience of being at Blackrock. It’s like the old west, Indian reservations, antelope, crazy open spaces, rental cars going 100+ mph for miles at a time, bizarre rock formations, volcanic hot springs, people taking risks with their rockets they wouldn’t ever do anywhere else (Shawn knows what I’m talking about...), stars seemingly so close you can see the milky way from one horizon to the other, eerie silence, potentially hostile weather and of course the clearest visibility imaginable. I’ve only been 20 times or so, but I never get tired of going. Making the trip with a bunch of TCC members would be so cool! In addition, the only hotel – and a must see anyway – Bruno's, can get booked solid during Balls (I’m still on the wait list), but we could book a weekend where it would look like more of a ghost town than it already is. At this time, I’m just resonating with James’ energy about a bunch of us doing this! I know I have an N3400 skid that needs that place! Heck, if there’s enough interest, maybe a group project really would need to be considered? Just saying......... What kind of interest is there among us? Richard King This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.