http://planetzhanna.com/adventures Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:57:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've known about this mark for years, but for one reason or another I never documented it. A need to take a break from a hellish week at work gave me the inspiration to drive up to the overlook on this warm, humid evening. I was left in ... http://planetzhanna.com/adventures/2008/08/27/view-from-the-overlook-and-a-survey-mark/ Hi, Rich! This morning, after searching for a PennDOT GPS survey station nearby, we went to collect the First Finder's prize. We enjoyed walking part of the old Moosic Lake Road, and we found the treasure without any trouble. Be assured it's greatly appreciated, but we hope you know we were ... http://planetzhanna.com/adventures/2008/08/24/retrieving-our-prize/ Howdy, Rich! Guess where we went this morning! After breakfast we took the bikes over to the mountain to continue exploring more of these unfamiliar trails. One issue still bothering us was just how close we actually got to the cache site during our first attempt. Last Saturday we hiked a trail ... http://planetzhanna.com/adventures/2008/08/23/i-cant-believe-we-went-back/ Rocks from afar, by rxc640 Log by Rich: Found it! More gory details to follow later ... after we recover from the ordeal and have something for supper. ~Rich in NEPA~ and Zhanna! Back again now, working on the photos. Zhanna will upload them with her log. Just want to add that this ... http://planetzhanna.com/adventures/2008/08/20/we-did-it/ 10:25pm Another night stopping by after work ... and another decent view! http://planetzhanna.com/adventures/2008/07/29/another-warm-summer-night/ 10:20pm Rich left the scope and binoculars outside for me again, and I stopped by after work for a quick look. It wasn't too bad tonight overall, though there were some clouds and the bands weren't steadily clear. All four moons were visible and in a pretty arrangement, sprinkled ... http://planetzhanna.com/adventures/2008/07/28/nearing-the-end-of-july/ 10:30pm It was a long day, but nothing soothes like looking at the sky for an hour or two. Rich and I had a clear view around 10:30pm, though we could see nothing around 4:00am. http://planetzhanna.com/adventures/2008/07/25/a-long-day-off/ 10:30pm Tonight's "wiggly" atmosphere prevented us from enjoying the sharp views of Jupiter that I saw on Monday, but at least we had some kind of a view. Three moons were easily visible; Europa was traversing Jupiter at the time, but of course we weren't able to see its shadow ... http://planetzhanna.com/adventures/2008/07/24/a-planet-and-four-moons/ Tonight, just like last Wednesday, I left work two hours early so that we could visit the observatory in Fleetville. John Sabia was speaking on "Observing Planets with a Telescope." Just like Jo Ann's presentation last week, it was extremely interesting and informative. We picked up some ... http://planetzhanna.com/adventures/2008/07/23/another-try-at-the-observatory/ 10:30pm I had a decent view when I first arrived (not as good as last night, but close: I could see the 3 visible moons pretty easily through the binoculars). But after about 20 minutes, it became too cloudy to see the moons or the bands on Jupiter. And ... http://planetzhanna.com/adventures/2008/07/22/a-few-good-minutes/