- Part of the long 2 day drive from Indiana through Kansas. |
- Scott Conner, Tony Bryan, and Bill Bernauer at the Wind Turbine Power Plant near Montezuma, Kansas. |
- Mike Borman, Scott Conner, and Bill Bernauer at the Wind Turbine Power Plant near Montezuma, Kansas. Obviously it was windy! |
- Panorama of Camp Billy Joe near Kenton, OK, home of Okie-Tex, taken from top of mesa. |
- Tony and Scott with "Okie" and "Tex" atop the mesa overlooking Camp Billy Joe. |
- Mike and Tony on top of mesa near Camp Billy Joe. |
- Hiking below the top of the mesa. |
- Hiking on top of the mesa. |
- Scott seems to have found a crevasse!!. |
- Bill Bernauer and his telescope, ready to observe! |
- Scott and Mike's 18" Obsession. Scott has one just like it at home but could not bring it due to Mike bringing too much crap! |
- Tony Bryan and his 8" Meade SCT. |
- Mike and his 18" Obsession #282 for visual observing, and 10" LX200GPS with piggyback Televue 85 for CCD imaging. |
- Same as above except later in the week after it got cold! |
- The irresistable siren song of astronomy vendors! |
- Dave Kriege wants to know where Gregg, Mitch, Donna, and Bill are! We were asked this question several times while we were there. |
- Mike Borman observing the Sun in white light and h-alpha with 10" LX200GPS and TV-85. |
- Dining tent at the camp. Here could be seen the "Okie-Tex Wave" (lots of flies!) |
- Scott at the roadside dinosaur bone dig site. |
- Scott and Mike with Capulin Volcano in the background. |
- Tony and Scott with Capulin Volcano in the background. |
- Mike and Scott stand inside the Capulin Volcano crater. Did you here some rumbling?! |
- Scott and Tony inside the Capulin Volcano crater. |
- Mike hikes along the volcano's crater rim. |
- Tony standing at the high point of the volcano's crater rim with the Sierra Grande shield volcano in the background (Olympus Mons Jr.!). |
- Mike and Tony admire the view from over 8000 feet! |
- Scott and Tony at the top of the Volcano. |
- Scott: "Can you here me now?". |
- Mike and Tony with the volcano's crater in the background. |
- Mike and Scott admiring the handiwork of lightning on the bench at the highest point on the crater rim. |
- Scott and Tony examine some volcanic rock. |
- Dinosaur tracks from Scott and Tony's visit to Clayton, NM. |
- Scott in search of petrified wood on a local ranch. |
- The search is a success! |
- Click here to go to Mike Borman's Astronomy & Rocketry Site for CCD images taken at Okie-Tex 2005. |