USA Tour and Star Hill Inn visit

Folks, we are back a week and a half now and I've finally got to finish my 'Dear Diary' piece on our trip the USA.

We saw Meteor Crater, Lowell Observatory and spent three amazing nights in the Star Hill Inn observatory in new Mexico.

If you want to find out more about the exploits of an ETX-70 getting through customs, a close shave with immigration and how you can see sights you never dreamed of, then pop on over to the files sections and take a read of the Word document.

I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers

Dave

www.irishastronomy.org/user_resources/fi...030-Dear%20Diary.doc

I really enjoyed reading your diary and it sounded great.

I noted what you said about Phil being interested in coming to Ireland. Woudn't it be some coup if either Whirlpool, Cosmos or Galway managed to get him to give a talk.

Excellent write-up there Dave, really enjoyed reading it.

Loved this bit...

The food hall alone was the size of Liffey valley. And as for customer service. No sign of anyone saying “Wa?”

:lol: :lol:

Customer service is what the US folks do best. That's why I really enjoy going there. I know that there are preconceptions about Americans but in my travels over there I have learned that they are essentially no different from us. Except the customer service bit!

I'm sure Phil would be more than capable of giving a talk if he was asked very nicely. But I think his holiday would be that - a holiday. Still, there's no reason to suspect he wouldn't agree to perhaps an hour's lecture. And I'm sure the relevent gathering would look after him!

Personally, I think Phil would be a mine of information on prctical hands on astronomy. Anyone who can run and manage the number of scopes and cameras he has, up to the 24" Richey Chretien, must know a thing or two!

Thanks for the feedback - I hope more folks here get at least a bit of a laugh out of the diary!

All the best

Dave