Mount Wilson is perched high above Los Angeles and has been around since 1904.  The land was originally

owned by the Mount Wilson Hotel.  They had to bring everything up a tiny dirt trail by mule.  Persistence,

money and determination to keep building a bigger and better telescope made Mount Wilson the greatest

Observatory in the world.  We planned a day trip up to the Observatory to tour the grounds.

We met up in La Canada and then headed over to Mike's house where he hosted breakfast for us.

Randy wading in the pool

John and his granddaughter Jackie

Rene and Keith

The chefs were busy cooking up breakfast burritos to order for everyone

Anthony

Mayo with Dallas Raines

Angel, Mayo, Dallas, Rene and Azi

After breakfast, we hit the road for a fantastic drive up Angeles Crest Hwy

Home of all the LA Radio station antennas

Our docent for the day was Bruce, who was extremely knowledgeable about the history of Mt Wilson

Inside the 150 foot solar telescope where the monitor solar flares

Going up inside the 60" telescope

Then we headed over to the 100" Hooker telescope

It was a really great day to be out with the Vipers and learning all about

the Mount Wilson Observatory