Glad to hear the Big Sur trip was a success, sorry I couldn't make it!

> Voting time!  Possible dates for West Pretour Orgy # 2:
> 
> March 17-19
> March 24-16
> 
> Register your preferences with me, and I'll try to keep track of
> them.  Those failing to respond will get no beer.
> 
 

Well, Janice is a full time student this semester so it would have to
be spring break for us (March 13-19).  Therefore, I vote for March 17-19.

The Twentynine Palms area is quite doable from Tucson, maybe even a little
further north...  Anybody know anything about Providence Mountains State
Recreation area (off I-40 between Barstow and the AZ border)?

As David says, Red Rock Canyon is nice (I've camped there once)
and I might be able to get there in a day's drive.  Its a great Mojave
*desert* location!  This is near the site of the biannual So. Cal. cannon
party that I have been involved with, but thats another, noisy, story.

 -Dyer

Dyer Lytle, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, 602-323-4136
Internet: lytle@noao.edu   WWW: http://iraf.noao.edu/~lytle/lytle.html