Steve Coe wrote: >Ken, et al; > >I will trade it all for a great weekend at 5 Mile Meadow. Here's hoping = >we >have used up our bad luck for the year. > > With all the wet weather we have been having it should be a terrific year for chiggers, noseeums, mosquitoes, and other biting and sucking creatures up at 5 Mile Meadow. Stan >Steve Coe > >-----Original Message----- >From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Sikes >Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:43 AM >To: AZ Observing List >Subject: [AZ-Observing] They come in threes > >Well as the subject says things happen threes, Jimmy Ray, Steve Coe, = >and I >guess I make three >The group I was in was not that far from Jimmy when his scope went over = >and >about 1/2 hours latter one of our Orion 8" Intelescope took a tumble, = >lucky >there was not ton much damage, loss of collimation and a slight dent on = >the >end of the tube. About 4:30 as we were sitting under the canopy that was >(yes was) attached to my tent trailer was ripped of by a gust of wind = >and as >I jumped up to grab the edge of it the metal end that holds the poles = >sliced >the palm of my left hand. It was not deep, just inconvenient when trying = >to >bandage it. We were lucky no one was hurt. > >That put aside, seems that all had a good time. > >Ken Sikes > > > >-- >See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and = >please=20 >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. > > > > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.