Hi Steve, The growling might have been the cat's stomach? :-) Glad you are OK. I was camping once in Oregon and heard one screaming. They sound just like a woman screaming. Very creepy in the dark... Glad your observing session went well... Thanks, Howard stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >Howdy all; > >I have finally checked in at the Happy Jack RV Park and am just now >recovering from almost two weeks of excellent observing among the pine >trees. It kept clearing out nicely and I just kept viewing the sky. >Last night I had a big cat of some type (puma?) off in the distance to >the north growling at something. Evidently not me. > >I have over 300 emails so it will take a day to look them over and >maybe answer some. > >I was very happy to spend some time with lots of SAC members at the >meadow. It was the best observing session I have had in many years. >Maybe we can get lucky and do it again before (or at least after, the >Monsoons start). > >I have lots of notes and some drawings to enter into the computer and >that is good news. > >See ya; >Steve Coe >-- >See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please >send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.