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Subject: Re: Lick Observatory

Author:
Javahead

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Date Posted: 21:42:17 09/17/14 Wed
In reply to: Skip 's message, "Lick Observatory" on 07:32:37 09/17/14 Wed

We live in the San Jose area. The observatory is plainly visible from the valley floor, so I see it every day, but it's been a couple of years since I was last up there.

Even though it's only about 20 miles up, the road is slow and twisty enough that it's the better part of an hour one way. One of these weekends I think I'll pack a picnic lunch and head up again. Thanks for the reminder.

>Been up there a couple of times, the last after Apollo
>11, as they had a laser mounted on one of the
>telescopes to bounce off the reflector the crew placed
>on the moon surface. Which side did you go up, San
>Jose or from Livermore, and did you enjoy the ride?
>Recently they have had bicycle races from San Jose to
>Livermore. That almost sounds like fun.
>
>Skip

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GaryDan
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Date Posted: 15:20:22 09/19/14 Fri

In the late 1980's a friend and I were working out in San Jose and decided one evening to take a trip up to List from the San Jose side. We started up too late, and only got about halfway up when we decided to turn around and head back down. While we were stopped turning around, a bunch of motorcyclists on crotch rockets who were racing up and down this road stopped us and asked us of we had seen their friend they had lost track of (they gave us a description). We wondered if the guy had gone over the edge, but never heard anything on the news. The way these guys were racing together on that road was just plain crazy.

>Been up there a couple of times, the last after Apollo
>11, as they had a laser mounted on one of the
>telescopes to bounce off the reflector the crew placed
>on the moon surface. Which side did you go up, San
>Jose or from Livermore, and did you enjoy the ride?
>Recently they have had bicycle races from San Jose to
>Livermore. That almost sounds like fun.
>
>Skip