Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 08:19:54 MST
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From: lytle@noao.edu
Subject: Arizona (New Mexico?) Bus Bash
Ok, here's the list I have of people in AZ:
(we might want to take this discussion out of the vanagon list
once we know that all the AZ and/or NM people are listening.)
Dyer Lytle (Tucson) (me!)
lytle@noao.edu
Todd R. Schroeder (Phoenix)
todds@sunnet.chotel.com
Dave Phillips (Tucson)
phillips@aries.tucson.saic.com
Dave Black (Sedona)
dblack@argus.lowell.com
Seems like there was someone else over at UMC who was asking
me about carburation problems recently, can't find the mail file
tho....
What about NM people? I think there was only one, probably in
Albuquerque... (anyone remember how to get this info from this
listserver?)
Todd sez:
> While we're discussing that neck of the woods, how about Tuweap
> (aka Toroweap) on the Arizona Strip. Do you know the place?
> It's smack dab in the middle of the Grand Canyon. The camping
> area is basically one big rock. Only major drawback is that
> it's about 65 miles of dirt road from Fredonia, AZ, and if
> one is prone to sleepwalking, there's about a 3000 foot drop,
> but a cool photo op!
Never been there myself, heard of it though. Sounds nice but it might
take quite a while to get there with that 65 mile dirt road drive.
> Sound good to me -- is Peppersauce (outside Oracle) still there?
> I though it may have been gobbled up by the Biosphere. I still
> like the Chiricahuas, like over Memorial day......
Peppersauce is still there, gets overrun with ghetto-blaster toting
teens quite a bit in the summer, might be OK this time of year, and
there is great mountain biking there too!
Yep, I like the Chiricahuas too but its not very central, a long
trip for Dave Black. (I specially like the east side!)
Dave Black sez:
> Hey Dyer and Todd (and anybody else, for that matter), if you guys are
> serious about this, I'd like to get in on it. I don't know much about
> AZ yet, though, so I can't make many recommendations. There's also the
> little problem of my Bus being holed up in my garage, and not wanting
> to come out! Hopefully I can get it fixed soon (don't know whats wrong
> yet), but if not, I'd use one of my other cars (yes, I admit to owning
> something other than VW's and Volvos!) However, if you choose a spot
> close enough to Oak Creek, I can probably *push* it there!
Hmmm, Oak Creek Canyon is really nice even in winter. Of course there are
Mogollon rim areas, white mountains, etc. A ski/camping trip? Sunset crater
area is nice in winter although cold!
So, who is seriously interested in some sort of AZ get-together? Or AZ/NM?
Or AZ/NM/CO/UT :-) ? The Four-corners bus bash!
-Dyer
Dyer Lytle, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, 602-323-4136
Internet: lytle@noao.edu WWW: http://iraf.noao.edu/~lytle/lytle.html