On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:33:52 -0500, Tom Polakis wrote: > George Kolb alerted the EVAC list to a story in today's Arizona Republic > that is of interest to Phoenix amateur astronomers. A rest area is being > considered for the Vekol Road exit on Interstate 8. The story may be > found at: > > http://www.azcentral.com:80/news/articles/breaking/0114RestArea14.html For perspective, 2 miles west of the Sentinel exit is a rest area. The low, local hills do a pretty good job of protecting the site. And reading the above article, it says the rest area will be "near" the Vekol Valley Road. If the site was east of the exit, it would most likely be block by the hills. -Paul --- 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. The list's archive is at: //www.freelists.org/archives/az-observing 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.