At 09:05 PM 5/9/2001, AJ Crayon wrote: >Wil, yes the dirt road is at mile 118.1. Hope to see you there. My family and I are planning to be there. I thought it would be fun to bring the 7" refractor, but at present we haven't figured out how to fit a five-foot-long scope and two kids in the Explorer at the same time. ~ Wil Milan http://www.astrophotographer.com/ >aj > >Wil Milan wrote: > > > > Is that the spot west of Sun Valley Parkway just south of mile marker 118? > > (Is that the right number?) I think I'd be game. > > > > Wil M. > > > > At 06:36 PM 5/9/2001, you wrote: > > > > >Copying from Ken's message this one is about observing Friday night at > > >Sun Valley Parkway. > > > > > >Note that the To e-mail list hasn't responded since yesterday evening. > > > > > >The original message follows, read on for Friday night. > > > > > >aj > > > > > >-------- Original Message -------- > > >Subject: Friday observing run to Sun Valley > > >Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 20:17:58 -0700 > > >From: AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >To: SAC MAIL LIST <SAC-Announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >OK, OK! I'm anxious to use my telescope and am planning on a short trip > > >this Friday night at our close in spot just off Sun Valley Parkway. > > > > > >Sunset is about 7:20pm and moon rise is about 11:30pm so this should > > >give a few good hours of observing under skies darker than my backyard > > >(now you've got the picture!). > > > > > >Sun Valley Parkway is west of the White Tank Mountains. To get there go > > >west on Bell Road, past Grand Ave and through Surprise. After leaving > > >Surprise the road will meander some but eventually turn south. Continue > > >to mile marker 118.1 and turn right (west) down a wide, well graded dirt > > >road for about 1 or 1.5 miles. Then take a left for several hundred > > >feet and you are there. Don't go down in the river bottom! > > > > > >Any and all interested parties are invited. > > > > > >aj > > >--- > > >This message is from the AZ-Observing mailing list. If you wish to be > > >removed from this list, send E-mail to: > AZ-Observing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, > > >with the subject: unsubscribe. > > > > > >This is a discussion list. Please send personal inquiries directly to > > >the message author. In other words, do not use "reply" for personal > > >messages. Thanks. > > > > Wil Milan > > http://www.astrophotographer.com/ > > "The heavens declare the glory of God > > And the firmament proclaims His handiwork." > > -- Psalm 19:1 > > > > --- > > This message is from the AZ-Observing mailing list. If you wish to be > > removed from this list, send E-mail to: AZ-Observing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, > > with the subject: unsubscribe. > > > > This is a discussion list. Please send personal inquiries directly to > > the message author. In other words, do not use "reply" for personal > > messages. Thanks. >--- >This message is from the AZ-Observing mailing list. If you wish to be >removed from this list, send E-mail to: AZ-Observing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, >with the subject: unsubscribe. > >This is a discussion list. Please send personal inquiries directly to >the message author. In other words, do not use "reply" for personal >messages. Thanks. Wil Milan http://www.astrophotographer.com/ "The heavens declare the glory of God And the firmament proclaims His handiwork." -- Psalm 19:1 --- This message is from the AZ-Observing mailing list. If you wish to be removed from this list, send E-mail to: AZ-Observing-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, with the subject: unsubscribe. This is a discussion list. Please send personal inquiries directly to the message author. In other words, do not use "reply" for personal messages. Thanks.