Have a great Summer

In article ,
Harold Climer wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:04:56 -0700, Joe Horn
wrote:

Thanks! :-) And a great summer to you too!

I'm gonna have a VERY memorable summer, if I survive it. In a few
days I'll be heading up to the mountains in central California for
THREE MONTHS of hiking and living on my own cooking! It's the perfect
place for summer hiking: always dry & sunny days but high enough to
stay cool; always dry & starry nights w/o mosquitos or "light
pollution"; and NO INTERNET!!! But I must confess, I'm taking an
HP-50g along. I can't help it; I'm addicted, and in no search of a
cure. blush I'll return on August 29th. I thank John Meyers in
advance for his always-thoughtful help to all on this newsgroup. (Will
YOU get away this summer?)

Bye! See y'all in September!

-Joe-
http://holyjoe.net/hhc2007

Joe, if you can stand the weight take a small Short Tube Refractor
and a tripod. Or a short tube Schmidt-Musktov. You won't be
able to track the stars without an equatorial mount, but that's OK.
With the clear skys in the mountains it will be worth it. An
alternative would be a pair of large objective binoculars 80-100mm.
Do you live near Orion Telescopes? One of these days when I finally
get to California, I want to visit their showroom.
Harold A. Climer
Dept,Of Physics,Geology & Astronomy
U.T.Chattanooga
Room 318 Grote Hall
615 McCallie Ave
Chattanooga TN 37403
423-425-4546

This sounds more like sci.astro.amateur than comp.sys.hp48 -- I'm crossposting
this there. Stargazing high up in the mountains is really a good idea!

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