Prior to our combined mutual activity on Saturday we headed up to the Targhee Forest at the head of Lyon Creek. We found a nice spot in an aspen grove to spend the night, and set up camp. The boys had "breakfast for dinner", making a nice chorizo and egg dish with Volcano Cake for dessert.
That evening we setup the telescope, got it sighted in and had fun looking at the moon, the planets and their moons and identifying constellations. The boys sketched the position of the Big Dipper and North Star and then went to bed for a couple of hours before being roused again to sketch the change in position of the Big Dipper. Pretty good empiric evidence that the earth is rotating around an axis that's pointed at the pole star.
The local cow herd did come to investigate our camp in the morning but didn't do much other than wake us. After a quick breakfast it was off to the trailhead to begin their 15 mile trek with the rest of the youth.
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