Should have taken the camera.

(The picture is from last summer.) I finally made it back to the FLC observatory after three months of it (and us) being buried in snow. I was able to get some great help with a bit of road plowing, but as it is, a large irrigation pipe has drifted over the road and I still had to hike in the last quarter mile. Then had to use a "banjo" shovel instead of a snow shovel (that I forgot in the Jeep when I started walking!) to clear the door. (Who put that on the north side?!) I had to reset a breaker, but everything powered on OK. (hooray) The drifts are still at least a couple of feet deep, but melting fast. March is supposed to be our snowiest month, but so far it has been extra dry.

Should be able to start observing here again by next weekend. Unless it snows again. For lots or reasons, we decided to leave the telescope here over the winter (its first time for that), but of course then we got more snow than the last few years. At least Purgatory is staying open an extra week this year.

I sure have enjoyed browsing all the other great shots.

back to skiing...
Charlie

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