From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@me.com>

Date: December 11, 2009 10:31:54 AM MST

To: astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: dollies...

Hi Milton & others,

I`m dreaming about one of these for next year..http://jimsmobile.com/buy_wheeley_bars.htm#Universal

One of the Medium Sized Universal Wheeley Bars, down the page a bit would enable me to wheel my mount/scope in & out of the garage at will. This & perhaps a paver pad for the scope would be goals for next year! I`m a bit stuck here if I want to take a trip away or if it rains really seriously. The number of basically, strangers being invited in & out of the place by other family members has me very nervous about leaving the scope unattended even for a day. These same family members are inclined to go out at the drop of a hat & leave my gear unsupervised. The Telegizmous scope cover is working well in ordinary conditions as to keeping the scope (a C9.25 on a CG-5 mount) dry. I have another tarp wrapped around the tripod base if it rains at all. With the dolly I`d have the added option of bringing the scope inside the garage & by setting up markers for polar alignment I could perhaps have it ready again with a minimum of adjustments. These dollies will allow you to bolt the scope down again where you had it before. I`m very cagey about my polar alignment now-once achieved I`d like to preserve it!

Mark.