• Building Burt Rutan "Quickie" airplane. in my garage

• Pounding steel with the CA Blacksmith Association in Vista CA.
• Working around the house
• Combining hiking with amateur photography.  Especially for exercise on weekends and through National Parks such as this photo taken in Glacier National Park.  

• Traveling to the family cabin in Idaho
• Attended Riverside Telescope Makers Conference every year since 1979.  See 2003 photos.
• Grinding optics with the San Diego Astronomical Association: also asst. list manager.
  • currently figuring a 17" mirror  
  • See our amateur telescope making (ATM) Class website  

This photo taken of the Dumbell Nebula at Tierra Del Sol July 1998 using a platform guided 12.5" Newtonian reflecting Dobsonian mounted homebuilt telescope.

This photo was taken at RTMC 98 of the Omega Nebula (Ektapress 640,10min).

This photo of comet Hyakutake was taken in Ramona using a guided 10" Newtonian piggy-backed camera with a 135mm telephoto lens. Click for an enlarged view

Home in Escondido: Longt. -117.113W and Lat. 33.139N and Elev. 780'