[Lvas] Cathedral Gorge

[Fred Rayworth]

All,

 

Well, I finally showed up to an out of town star party and I was almost the only one there, and certainly the only one with a scope!

 

Though I was a bit disappointed to see no other brave souls willing to drive 161 miles or so, we had a good weekend and got to test our new folding travel trailer. When we got there late Friday, we got rained on. We made a round of the park and there were no empty spaces. However, we forgot to fill the water tank and had to go back down to the water station and fill up. By the time we got back, there were two emtpy spaces and we pulled in. Then I discovered another water faucet right across from our space!

 

Friday night, never saw a star. I heard it cleared up a bit after midnight, but I was asleep by then and disgusted.

 

Saturday was stormy all day. Walked around the park and saw the sights. We went into Panaca just to say we did. We got back and in the late afternoon, the storms hit and it rained pretty hard for a couple of hours. Plugged in my generator to recharge the battery and something shorted out because of the water, and the battery only charged intermittently. Finally gave that up and waited for the rain to stop. Started a campfire and sat by it until about 10. As we were dousing it, I looked up and saw the big dipper. By then, I was in no mood to set the scope up in sandy mud, so we just went to bed. Woke up this morning and the sky was clear as a bell.

 

So, that's my first official club out-of-town star party.

 

Fred

 

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