We returned home to Calgary after an enjoyable couple of nights at this year's Star-B-Q.
We arrived on Friday evening and the field was busy with activity. We quickly touched-base with people from the previous year and introduced ourselves to new people. Unfortunately, the first evening was humid so most telescopes and binoculars collected dew thus were unable to look toward the sky. As well, in the middle of the night there was a thunder storm that skirted us to the North, which made for some interesting sky viewing.
During the next day, we joined my family for the afternoon at Swan Lake, West of Caroline, so we could take the kids fishin in Grandpa's boat. It was a gorgeous afternoon and we all had a good time.
We arrived back at the Star-B-Q just in time for the pig roast, and the sun to set for the night (it was barely dark even at 11:30PM). Regardless, Nadia and I attended an informal binocular tour where a veteran astronomer showed us so many wonders of the night sky. Truly, their experience was proven when they took a laser pointer and pointed it toward an object in the sky that is invisible to the naked eye but was exactly on target when you looked through the binoculars. Ethan kept himself busy by making friends with another boy who was there with his family. It was a great day.
Now, we're back at home and ready for a nice sleep in our own bed. tomorrow we'll likely take Ethan to the Tuscany Club so he can run around the fountain and enjoy the warm weather.
Here are some pictures from the past 48-hours. Please follow the link to our Flickr site (on the right side of this page) to see more photos from the weekend.
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