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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
 It's going to be a whirl wind 3 week visit.
Starting in LA - La Brea Tar Pits, Endeavour, California Science Centre, and hopefully a star party with some locals out of town.
Flagstaff - A Star Trek Landing Party to the Grand Canyon with 2 nerds from the UK and a lady friend from San Francisco. (in OS costume)
Barringer Crater, Lowell Obs and the Apollo Tree.
Phoenix- High tea at the Ritz.
Tucson- 4 days and 5 nights of geeking it out with our Petra and a heap of others at SpacefestV. http://www.spacefest.info/V/Speak.html
Washington/Maryland - a tour of Goddard Space Flight Centre, lunch with the amazing Ed Rezac and 2 days visiting the Smithsonian.
NYC - Hayden Planetarium, Chrysler Building Empire State Building and more.
LA - Mt Wilson Obs and a viewing session at Griffith Obs.
then home again.
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That sounds great. It is so hard trying to fit a lot in when you only have a short time. I am going for six weeks and I still can't do everything I want.
When in Washington, are you going to both the Air and Space museums (The Mall and Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Centre in Chantilly)? I will be do both.
I would have loved to go to Mount Wilson too, however, my astronomical appetite should be well sated with Stellafane, Lowell Observatory, Mount Palomar and probably Griifith Observatory too. Didn't want to do all the Hollywood stuff, so I only allowed for two days, before heading home. The only thing I am doing in LA is the La Brae pits (Page Museum) and the Californian Science Centre.
Have a great trip jjjnettie. I hope you thoroughly enjoy it.
Cheers Peter