Friday, July 29 Mt. Cook Trip - Day 3

The highlight of our travels back to Lincoln on Friday was a stop at the Mt. John Observatory (Check out the 360 link toward the bottom of the linked page and more general info here).  Had we had clear weather at night, the appreciation for the dark sky in the area and the views of the heavens would have been punctuated, but just seeing the 360-degree view during daylight hours certainly made an impression.  It was super cool that one of the workers there told me that he got to not only see the space station pass over head just a week or so ago, but also Space Shuttle Atlantis on its last mission.

Even through things are starting to wind down with the course over here, there are still more adventures to come. Stay tuned, Meryl