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The 2019 Enchanted Skies Star Party has come to an end. The weather was decent.
The seeing was fair. Equipment was bought, sold, traded, figured out, and
broken. Friendships were made and renewed.
A big big thanks to all of the participants and guests that, for the most
part, were pretty well behaved. Everyone seemed to put on a brave face against
the dust and cool nights of Star Village. If it were a glamorous venue it
wouldn't be as much fun or be as much New Mexico.
We had a lot of professional and non-professional speakers this year. All
of the presentations I saw were fun and interesting. Don't know about the
rest.
Two lunches, two breakfasts, and two dinners were effortlessly (for ESSP)
provided by the Socorro County Kiwanis Club members. With the general remoteness
of, well, New Mexico, it's always been a bit of a hassle to get food for ESSP,
but the Kiwanis gang have done a great job the last two years. We couldn't
have eaten without them.
Thanks to our sponsors and the couple of brave vendors that I hope were able
to at least sell a little stuff at our little party.
Lastly, thanks to all of the volunteers that helped to do everything from
stringing lights, to pounding fence posts, fetching water, parking cars,
dumping garbage, and enteraining participants and the public.
THE WAY IT WAS
Monday night | Nice |
Tuesday | Nice, little breezy |
Tuesday night | Nice |
Wednesday | Nice |
Wednesday night | Not bad, a few clouds |
Thursday | Clear, north wind, high 40F's |
Thursday night | Clear, cold |
Friday | Sunny, upper-50's, a little breezy |
Friday night | Clear, light breeze, warmer before sunrise |
Saturday | Sunny, near 70F, light breezy |
Saturday night | Clear, 30F's, a little smoke on the horizon |
Sunday |
Sunny, near 70F, and blowing
like crazy by noon. That was close. |
2019-10-29: In this case no news is no news. We'll begin working on plans for the 2020 party in a couple of months.
2019-10-28