Re: [Utah-astronomy] Report on Gravel Pit Friday Night
Joe, I think it's possible that you are going to far down the road, but I'm not sure. As you turn off the Peoa Oakley rd, where the Harper Quarry sign is, you immediately hit a speed bump, about 15 feet from the main road. From there you go approximately 1.5 miles, where you see what looks like a raised mobile home perpendicular to the road, and within 20 feet of the road. That Mobile Home is the weighing officee for trucks leaving the quarry. (It is a ways before you hit the actual quarry.) In daylight, you would see that immediately on the other side of the mobile home is a parking area. There are a few of those big concrete road dividers near the mobile home. It is in this parking lot that we set up. Usually we park to the North and West, so that we can set scopes up to the South and East. Check your odometer as you leave the Peoa Oakley Rd., to see how far you have gone. It's been a while since I measured that distance, but I'm pretty sure it was close to 1.5 miles. You may want to follow someone else up there next time people are going. Or someone could arrange to throw a large light colored cloth over the boulder between the parking area and the road, so it would catch your eye when you arrived. Try not to get there first :). Jo Grahn
I'm wondering where Jim went Friday night. I was at Harper's quarry -- I thought it was the gravel pit. But I guess not!
The only other folks I saw out there were a couple of young deer hunters who were checking out places for the upcoming hunt. Do I have the directions wrong? Have I been going to the wrong place? I turn off at the farthest road back where there's a little speed hump and a stop sign facing toward the work area, then follow the paved road all the way to the gate. That's where I set up.
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Josephine Grahn