Telescope , Mem moving the telescope around, view from top of the mountain
Dome, where telescope is housedAfter an uneventful night in Roswell, N. M. we started our travels to west Texas. Let me tell you, there is nothing out here.
We arrived in Alpine Texas around 4pm on Monday, got set up in our campsites, oh did I forget to say IN THE RAIN.
Happy Hour started at 5 pm but we were a little late due set up and Larry needing a shower. We have 16 coaches and it was fun catching up with old friends and making new ones. A wonderful dinner of "beef brisket" and the fixings was served and then we all adjourned for a good nights sleep.
Breakfast consisted of sausage and pancakes cooked by Pete, Lonnie and Larry.
Laundry was the next thing on the adgena since I had not done in for 11 days as we were "dry camping" at the Balloon Festival.
Later in the day, the Tolsons and us headed to Fort Davis, Tx to the McDonald Observatory . We had a tour of the 107" Harlan J Smith and Hobby-Eberty research telescopes. After the tour we met some of the group at Ft. Davis State Park at the Indian Lodge for dinner. The lodge was built in the 1940's by the CCC.
After dinner we went back to the Observatory for the "Star Party" and what a party. They weren't sure if the clouds were going to allow us to see any stars but oh my did we ever. We got to view lots with telescopes and then had a talk on constellations and we saw lots of them. It was a late night but well worth the trip up the mountain.
Today was wash the "Big A Bus" day as it was awfully dirty. I sat and read a book and gave Larry lots of moral support while he worked. Tonight we are going to the little town of Marfa, where the movie Giant was filmed, and try to see the mysterious Marfa lights. Now for all you Georgia people that would be like "The Light" out at Spring Creek and Brinson, which we never saw but heard about all our lives so who knows we might get lucky tonight.
Tomorrow we are going to Big Bend National Park.
We arrived in Alpine Texas around 4pm on Monday, got set up in our campsites, oh did I forget to say IN THE RAIN.
Happy Hour started at 5 pm but we were a little late due set up and Larry needing a shower. We have 16 coaches and it was fun catching up with old friends and making new ones. A wonderful dinner of "beef brisket" and the fixings was served and then we all adjourned for a good nights sleep.
Breakfast consisted of sausage and pancakes cooked by Pete, Lonnie and Larry.
Laundry was the next thing on the adgena since I had not done in for 11 days as we were "dry camping" at the Balloon Festival.
Later in the day, the Tolsons and us headed to Fort Davis, Tx to the McDonald Observatory . We had a tour of the 107" Harlan J Smith and Hobby-Eberty research telescopes. After the tour we met some of the group at Ft. Davis State Park at the Indian Lodge for dinner. The lodge was built in the 1940's by the CCC.
After dinner we went back to the Observatory for the "Star Party" and what a party. They weren't sure if the clouds were going to allow us to see any stars but oh my did we ever. We got to view lots with telescopes and then had a talk on constellations and we saw lots of them. It was a late night but well worth the trip up the mountain.
Today was wash the "Big A Bus" day as it was awfully dirty. I sat and read a book and gave Larry lots of moral support while he worked. Tonight we are going to the little town of Marfa, where the movie Giant was filmed, and try to see the mysterious Marfa lights. Now for all you Georgia people that would be like "The Light" out at Spring Creek and Brinson, which we never saw but heard about all our lives so who knows we might get lucky tonight.
Tomorrow we are going to Big Bend National Park.
2 comments:
bee glad you aren't in virginia!!! you probally would wake up to SNOW!!!!! we got about 3-4 in so far and it is only oct 16th and still fall...stay where it is warm-sunny-dry-etc..T
Now lets see some pictures. No UFOs in Roswell?
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