Click here for a larger image . Vail invited us out for the umpteenth time. But this time there was no eclipse, just nice, pretty skies. Howie flew over the place and honked and waved. Still crazy Howie after all these years.
People line up to practice mouth to eyepiece resuscitation to help revive old telescopes.
The ever-elusive Peter was actually spotted here. Mr Vail, who wisely goes to our website for directions, here doing what he was born to do. We all celebrate Tony Saldivar looking through a telescope for his very first time. Vampire Peter eludes the camera one more time. Mr Croulet finally drives up, but we give him a shirt, pizza, a coke, and a smile, and he's all better now.