I know it's still a few months away, but wondering when there might be new info posted on the web site. Registration form finalized? Activities and speakers? ...
This year the star party will be held at a new location, at a new site near Sunriver, Oregon. The mountain has been a good location, but we all are aware of...
Please... tell us more! The MBSP web site says it's "near" Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory. Will the gravel parking lot for RVs and tents allow for us...
Ken, The planning committee has been working on finding another place to hold the MBSP with more consistent weather since last summer. I would estimate we'll...
Larry, Thanks for the info. I'm looking forward to hearing more about the new site. Is it at a snow-park? I'm wondering having some of the activities at the...
Ken, The site is a massive hard gravel pit (not a hole in the ground) that is not used much anymore except when the ODOT is actively building roads in the...
Larry, I posted a reply with more questions, but it didn't show up, so I'll try again. Any idea which activities will be held at the nature center and which...
... OK It's me and I haven't been able to go the last two years so maybe I don't have a right to post my say but here it is anyway. Looking at the new sight on...
I'm glad to see this forum coming to life with all the chatter about the new location. My wife and I have been talking about it all day. Yes, a 2000 foot drop...
Merlin, Good to hear from. Look forward to seeing real soon!!! I agree with all of your thoughts, and I will miss the bathrooms too!!! Let me address some of...
Ken, thank you... First off, I agree...we need to share our ideas here to make MBSP the best it can be. Our planning group is only a small part of the whole ...
Larry, First, I really appreciate you and now Bob actively participating in this forum. I was really excited last year when it was announced we'd have a way to...
Ken, the location is open to the public anytime (although right now, I KNOW the road in is snow-covered. Bob and I will be visiting there this week both...
I just heard of your Relocation. a few friends and I were at MBSP '07 and really enjoyed it. There was a group of us from BC planning on coming down this...
Darrell, Yes change is a bit of a "chance", but much discussion went on before we made the move. But, one of the thoughts for families, is that, there are many...
I downloaded Google Earth software, and put in the coordinates for the new location of MBSP. From what I can tell it looks like a large area, large enough as...
Ken, in Google Earth if you pull down the Tools menu and select 'Ruler' then you can measure the new site and then measure the Bachelor parking lot to compare....
Finally the snow is gone, so we will be doing some testing as the weather allows this week. I have attached a picture of the pit looking south from a fly over...
Hi Darrell, I learned something this morning...how to measure using Google Earth. Thank you! Based on my measurements, the "pit" where we are going to have...
In the photo's section is an air view of the site, I took the original and enhanced it a little to clear up some of the haze. As you can see there is a bit of...
That Clears it Up!! The pictures of your new Pit establish the place to be 1.3 miles almost due south of the coordinates given in your "Directions" page. The...
Darrell, thank you... I wonder how I got the coordinates of the other pit (which was actually the first place where we considered having the star party)? I'll...
Gentlemen, Your site looks excellent. As one of the founding directors of the Merrit Star Quest, looking for site was one of our bigger challenges. It took 5...
Larry, You might also recommend the web site be corrected: (on the "Information" page) Special Programs at Sunriver Nature Center Observatory and Mt. Bachelor...
