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AHHHHSP!!! 2010

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The Almost Heaven Star Party ( AHSP ) was an event that I got excited about when I signed up with  NOVAC  back a couple of months prior.  I then got absorbed in buying my telescope and then in passing talked to my wife about possibly signing up for the AHSP.  After a few days of talking about it I had the green light! I then pretty much after that put it in the back of my mind as I had my new telescope arriving and WOW I had to figure out how the damn thing worked!  I made a call for help via the NOVAC Listserve and was directed to Allan Mayer as my "mentor", he sent me many great and clear posts based on questions I asked and didn't for that mater on what to do and not based on his vast experience. After a weekend at Camp Highroad and a couple times out during the weeks before I was ready for my trip to Spruce Knob or so I thought... Starting out I left for AHSP around noon on Friday and after stopping a couple times to pick up a few items and gas up the car I was back o