HI Jo, I am going to try to head out there tomorrow. But I injured my back last night, probably not badly enough to prevent my going. What happened was really stupid. I am careful about lifting my telescope. I had it on the ground and was preparing to heave it onto the tripod. I was in a good, safe lifting position. But just at that moment, just an instant before I would have gripped it, my wife was leaving to go the store. She asked me what I wanted and we chatted for a moment. I straightened my knees but continued bending over, my hands about where I had been starting to reach. Just standing in that awkward, bent-over position, NOT EVEN LIFTING THE SCOPE, somehow threw my back out! It wasn't awful and I did manage to lift it up and (much later) back down, but from time to time it gives me a bad twinge and sometimes I have to shuffle around a bit bent over. -- Best wishes, Joe