Well, thankyou to all for the very warm welcome
The Snake Valley star party in Nov sounds great, but unfortunately I already have a few other events that month I need to take time off work for (I work saturdays) so I don't think I can hassle my boss for any more time off for this too
But I will try to check out MPAS sometime soon.
As far as observing from the carport roof goes....well, it was always nice and peaceful up there
Karen.