Back from Snake Valley. Had an awesome time, looked through some awesome scopes; thanks Julian, Peter, Ken, Stu, Paul (evil Rumples

), Daniel and everyone else for being so friendly and making this a very enjoyable weekend. Thanks Dave for getting us together!
We had great viewing both nights, but the second night was exceptional! At around 3am, seeing got so good I could not believe it. Right in time for GRS transit too! I got the best views of Jupiter ever. The amount of detail seen through the EP was incredible. Expect some great things from Bird from that night!
I also had a great time viewing galaxies through Ken's 12".
Just a shame so many of the people there are no longer IIS members (sorry to end my post on a sad note).