What is the current accessibility status of the Gravel Pit? Thanks - Kurt
I sent this out a while back, but I guess you didn't see it. There is not quite as much room for as many cars to park as there used to be, since you park where the rode divides behind the gate, but it is still good. See repeat below Sunday night Steve & Cheryl Roens, Michael Carnes and Craig and I made our first trip this year to the Gravel Pit. We had some trepidation about the building we have seen going up across from where you can set up your scopes for fear it would be lit up and destroy the viewing. It only has a light in the window at this point, but the signs now tell us that is a "Friends of Animals Rescue and Rehab Ranch." Here is a link to it http://foautah.org/index.asp and it says it will open June 26, but it didn't look open, but since it was 8:30 at night when we arrived, we didn't go knocking on the door. For now the viewing is still very nice and we enjoyed the lovely Milky Way along with hunting down summer favorites. Steve had us look for the Bug Nebula, which with his eyes and dob, he said he could see lobes, but alas, Craig and I only saw a small blob (smashed bug?). The only complaint we had was it was cold (40's) and an annoying wind kept popping up. It sometimes made Michael's new 16" scope "spin like a weathervane" to quote him. We were also visited by a large jack rabbit that stopped to eye our proceedings, then like most rabbits, he realized he was late for an important date, and lopped off down the road. We are eager to try it again next week! -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Canopus56 Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 3:15 PM To: Utah Astronomy List Serv Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Status of Gravel Pit What is the current accessibility status of the Gravel Pit? Thanks - Kurt _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Well at least it sounds like an approachable group to get light shields installed.
I sent this out a while back, but I guess you didn't see it. There is not
quite as much room for as many cars to park as there used to be, since you park where the rode divides behind the gate, but it is still good. See repeat below
Sunday night Steve & Cheryl Roens, Michael Carnes and Craig and I made our first trip this year to the Gravel Pit. We had some trepidation about the building we have seen going up across from where you can set up your scopes for fear it would be lit up and destroy the viewing. It only has a light in the window at this point, but the signs now tell us that is a "Friends of Animals Rescue and Rehab Ranch." Here is a link to it http://foautah.org/index.asp and it says it will open June 26, but it didn't look open, but since it was 8:30 at night when we arrived, we didn't go knocking on the door.
For now the viewing is still very nice and we enjoyed the lovely Milky Way along with hunting down summer favorites. Steve had us look for the Bug Nebula, which with his eyes and dob, he said he could see lobes, but alas, Craig and I only saw a small blob (smashed bug?). The only complaint we had was it was cold (40's) and an annoying wind kept popping up. It sometimes made Michael's new 16" scope "spin like a weathervane" to quote him. We were also visited by a large jack rabbit that stopped to eye our proceedings, then like most rabbits, he realized he was late for an important date, and lopped off down the road. We are eager to try it again next week!
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Canopus56 Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 3:15 PM To: Utah Astronomy List Serv Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Status of Gravel Pit
What is the current accessibility status of the Gravel Pit? Thanks - Kurt
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