Robert: I like you live on this beautiful place called Earth. I prefer to see the glass as being half full and so I enjoyed what good skies there were while I was there. I agree that April is an iffy month for the weather. I wish that the beautiful skies of Sunday through Wednesday could have continued. I'll bet they were great nights at Natural Bridges as well. Thursday night was beautiful and clear and calm. My goal was to see Omega Centauri which I did. I got a late start Thursday, so I observed from an area about 10 miles west of Blanding. Friday looked bad so I stayed in Blanding. Saturday night I got to the park after 11:00pm to see what things were like. What I wanted to see wasn't going to be rising until after then anyway. It became mostly clear and spectacularly dark not long after I got there and I didn't find the breeze objectionable. I didn't stay too long yet enjoyed the experience. Yes, it was cool yet nothing I couldn't deal with as I've been to Rush Valley with temperatures in the teens. In the future, I would probably suggest Capitol Reef or Bryce as they are certainly very dark on a good night and the motels are much closer to the observing areas. Capitol Reef is scheduled for dark sky observing in May, September and October and Bryce Canyon as you probably already know is in June. July and August new moon weekends will be at Wolf Creek. We'll have plenty of opportunities this year to get out. Lowell