That's a cool night Ron to be sure! Very good to hear though that you had little dew, that's got to be a help.
As Mike said up above "that elusive -4 mag Venus" strangely enough is literally the last planet I have been able to observe recently - in fact as a morning star it is so opposite in it's movements to mine that it's just not funny, the sooner it becomes an evening star again he better! In fact since getting my scope near 4 months ago I have seen Venus only 3 times I think.
I have to say I did really enjoy the challenge of trying for Pluto - and I don't hate you at all Wes, truly - it was a great test for me in a way, and though I couldn't see it I am satisfied with my efforts and with knowing that I absolutely had it's position nailed, and that if it had been visible in my faithful dob under those conditions I would have had it! I am looking forward to trying for it again at Duckadang, though if it moves far between now and then (I haven't checked yet) I'll be stuffed, as my PC and Starry Night won't be available to guide me, and the local star patterns locked in my head will not be any help.
In preparation for Duckadang I did today order a telrad, with dew shield+ from Bintel, and a laser collimator (return beam type) from Andrew's. I am also hoping that the ETX-70 I bought off ebay arrives in the next few days too. Sadly the Orion Stratus 8mm eyepiece I ordered a few weeks ago is not going to arrive until after the Astrofest - sad, as I really hoped to give it a good try out there, but it will be a great ep anyway.
Cheers!
Steve