Re: ATM west USA trip

["Richard Schwartz" <richas@earthlink.net>]

Places to visit in California:

Chabot Science Center, Oakland, any Friday night
Mt. Piņos summit, any Friday or Saturday night
Mt. Wilson, any week day during the day.
Page museum, next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (elephant  bones,
etc.)
JPL Library, any week day during the day
Marineland, San Diego
Santa Cruz: there is a fine Italian restaurant at the end of the pier, but
be careful-- many of the natives have nose rings and pierced tongues.
Castroville: eat at the Central Texan BBQ.  Get the long beef ribs with
sauce on the side.
Burney Falls (bring a fishing pole!)

Places to avoid:

Yosemite
San Francisco
Disneyland
Hollywood (Ho-Town)
Universal Studios



----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabio Falchi" <falchifa@tin.it>
To: <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 2:21 AM
Subject: ATM west USA trip


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> Dear Friend,
> I'm planning a USA trip from September 2 to the 16 in the western USA.
I'll
> arrive in Los Angeles and I'll leave from San Francisco. I plan to visit
> Utha parks in the first week and then go back to California via Las Vegas,
> Death Valley, Yosemite to San Francisco.
> Isn't there some of you with a big scope (in Italy I use a 16" and I'm
> building a 20") that can show me how a really dark sky is? I would like to
> see with my eyes if my maps of artificial night sky brightness are really
> accurate ;-)
> (see: www.lightpollution.it ).
> Please, answer off list.
> See you soon,
> Fabio Falchi
>
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