OI this Saturday night, 30 November

[Jamie Dillon, DDK]

Saturday evening, for New Moon proper, I’m heading down to Soledad, then eastward into the middle of the Gabilan Range. There’s a core of an ancient volcano in there, that’s eroded into a bunch of improbable vertical structures.

It’s dark there too.

[Bill Seiler]

Can you give instructions on how to get there?

On Thursday, November 28, 2024 at 11:33:00 PM PST, Jamie Dillon, DDK <ngc1...@gmail.com> wrote:

Saturday evening, for New Moon proper, I’m heading down to Soledad, then eastward into the middle of the Gabilan Range. There’s a core of an ancient volcano in there, that’s eroded into a bunch of improbable vertical structures.

It’s dark there too.

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[Jamie Dillon, DDK]

Hey Bill, it's the Pinnacles I was talking about. Making what I hoped would be a subtle joke. It worked!

I'll be at the visitors center lot, just inside the park. Definitely getting there before sunset.

[Jamie Dillon, DDK]

This is a site report with some observing. Tonight the sky did some interesting stuff at the Pinnacles. It's not uncommon to see it socked in at sunset, then watch it clear within an hour. It did that - 80% of the sky was clear by 6:30, with lots of stars. On the BTIT scale it was Significantly Better Than In Town. Hazy though.

Did a tour of some fancy objects to the east where it was clearest, in Cassiopeia, Perseus and Andromeda. Then by 7:30, rather than the dark clouds at sunset, there were bright clouds everywhere.

It was a treat to see a sky of stars, heaps more than I've seen in weeks. My buddy Seiler wasn't there; had the place to myself. Parker the park ranger (nice, huh?) came by to say hey.

I was home by 9:30 with no complaints. Kept well within Kingsley's Rule, 3.5 hours there, 1.5 on the road.

My current favorite place to get eats on the way is Taqueria Pacheco, the play within a play inside La Placita. They make great super burritos and always give you a juicy big not-too-picante grilled jalapeño along with them.

[Jamie Dillon, DDK]

The other plus factor Saturday night was that it didn't get cold. The mercury didn't drop below 50, a pleasant surprise.

Did give right-of-way to a mouse on the way out, and farther down the road saw an owl flying ahead

[Rajah]

Very cool, I am always watching for animals on the road near pinnacles, never know what you will find.

On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 11:06 AM Jamie Dillon, DDK <ngc1...@gmail.com> wrote:

The other plus factor Saturday night was that it didn't get cold. The mercury didn't drop below 50, a pleasant surprise.

Did give right-of-way to a mouse on the way out, and farther down the road saw an owl flying ahead

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One visit during spring, there were waves of baby cottontails hopping away in front of my car while driving back in the morning. Was super cute. Had to drive very slowly and carefully. Last visit in late Oct, the janitor said he saw a baby mountain lion trotting along the road Lucky guy!

Ashok

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