Today was a beautiful summer day on the hill, warming into the low 80's with only moderate humidity. The first order of business was to repair the washed out parts of the road. A few loads by hand gave we to two big tractor loads and the road is now back in good shape. The portable observatory next to the Gaertner was collapsed in a big thunderstorm last week, Barry, Matt and I put it back together, with only two pieces left over.... :) We took advantage of the nice weather to get lots of mowing done, with Steve Pielock, Jonathan Klinkowski, Matt Paine and me pushing around mowers.
After the mowing, Steve Pielock and Barry Hervieux started the process to repair the broken shaft on the tractor mower deck. It's now dis-assembled, and Steve took the pieces home to put it all back together. We should have the tractor mower back in action before Arunah Hill Days.
Barry and Tyler cleared the Pilated Path all the way to Lands' End. Our trails are really getting back in shape after all the devastation from the December Ice Storm. It's nice to have that work behind us to be able to focus on our telescope operations.
Next weekend we'll have Kevin, Tom, and a small crew working on getting the new "mouse proof" doors installed in the telescope shed. If anyone wants to join in this as an impromptu work day the help will be appreciated. Arunah Hill Days is fast approaching. On the way home I watched the fat waxing moon rise... once it's new, AHDays will be here!
Thanks to all helped out today, and thanks to Jonathan for feeding us again! Great burgers!
-Ed
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