Hello astronomy fans! I hope you had a great night tonight. I had a good night.
I did an astronomy outreach event for Hidden Bluffs campground, and while I had a better place to set up, I was really bothered by light pollution from the camp's entrance and the dew from being down in a valley. I still had 20-30 folks show up and I heard lots of "oohs and ahhs, wow's and cool!", but all the good obvious stuff to the south in Sagittarius and Scorpius were either washed out by the light or too far south and hidden by the bluffs.
The northeastern sky and the zenith saved the day and I didn't get out of there until 11:30. I had several campers that had been there the year before and were very glad to see me again. That suprised me. I wish I could have shown them the Flatin Farm sky.
I know the folks really liked what they saw, but it could have been so much more!
P.S. Starbie, I am so happy you saw the Eastern Sea. There are not a lot of us amateur astronomers that have had that privilege. AGNFA!