[AZ-Observing] Re: Mt. Ord
- From: Stan Gorodenski <stanlep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:16:57 -0700
Bill,
Then it must have been you and your friend these lepidopterists saw. Did
you ever see a car or cars driving by? They would not have had butterfly
nets because these people are watchers and photographers, not collectors.
Stan
William R Wood wrote:
>I live in Fountain Hills and have observed at Mt Ord 4-5 times over the
>years (warm months only). Like Tom and Gene said there is an access road
>right off Beeline. I have never seen the gate locked or closed. Don't know
>if it is locked when closed. Went by last Sunday (daytime) during a
>controlled burn and the gate was open. The access road is easy to navigate
>up to a saddle part way up the mountain. I never tried going to the top
>because several guys in 4x4 jeeps who I saw coming down from the top said
>the road was rough and the trip up took quite a while (forget how long they
>said it took but it was more time than I wanted to spend). There is enough
>room on the saddle for several cars and scopes (people camp there as well).
>I always went with a friend who drove a pretty big camper and we were alone
>on the saddle. Observing conditions were pretty good, seeing decent
>(suprising since most of the mountain is above the saddle and very close
>by - I thought falling cool air off the mountain would wreck seeing but it
>didn't). Plenty of lights visible to the south but they did not cause much
>of a problem in other directions. Then again I did not expect truly dark
>conditions. It was darker than my backyard but not enough darker to justify
>the trip unless you just like trying a new area. It is kind of neat up
>there and I will probably go back from time to time.
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