We have a SLAS club star party scheduled for October 12-13 for Arches National Park with a fallback location of the Wedge. Arches is fairly light polluted from Moab, but some members of the club want to establish a program with the park. Check back in late September and we will know the status. There is also a planned star party September 7th and 8th at Capitol Reef National Park. Capitol Reef is almost as good as Natural Bridges. We have reserved a group campground at Capitol Reef and the small town of Torrey, Utah with grocery stores and motels is only about 7 miles away. All road are paved except in the campground and Highway 12 south out of Torrey was named the most scenic road in the U.S. by a recent travel publication. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+djcolton=piol.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Taylor Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:51 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] observing sites responses Thanks to all who have responded so far to my questions about Utah observing/camping sites. I welcome all responses and look forward to my trip in October. I looked at a climate summary that showed that it is typically fairly mild and dry in October. Hopefully that will be the case this year. The wedge overlook sounds interesting. Is there any place fairly close by to get food and water? I can't carry very much on my motorcycle when it's loaded and would probably need to set up camp and leave my gear there in order to carry very much food or water back to camp. Taylor _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com