Well, Janice and I saw the weather reports for Cherry Springs but decided to go anyway. We arrived on Thursday and Don helped set up our tents (Thanks Don). We wanted to thank all of those from the HAA who went for making us feel welcome!

In short as in Don’s blog, it rained a lot. However on Friday evening we got to try out the new 12″ under good skys for the first time. We didn’t see anything new but we did have great views of the Ring, M4 and M13, the Double Double, Alberio (which showed the best colour contrast we have ever seen) and Saturn. The sky got muddy at about midnight and that was it.

I fell victim to the vendor’s tent, and bought some dew zapping equipment. I then helped Steve spend some of his money which was much cheaper for me! Janice bought me an equipment vest to store things in while viewing, something I’ve wanted for a while. I guess it’s an advantage to have your birthday while at a star party! Marg and Bruce brought a cake which became my birthday cake which was very nice of them.

Steve, Don and I stayed up late on Saturday night, trying to solve the outstanding questions regarding the evolution of the Universe, space elevators and asteroid mining. It was an interesting conversation for 2:00 in the morning and very enjoyable.

All in all we had a good time and hope to do it again soon.