Michael

My Seat RV Living

The Order

As we posted earlier, we spent some time in Red Bay Alabama touring the Tiffin Motorhomes facilities and talking with various people there. Everyone we met was extremely helpful and courteous even though we were no doubt interrupting their routine.

We were lucky enough that the timing of our visit happened to coincide with the production of a new 2016 Allegro Bus 45OP, in a new interior color. Further, we got to see all the new interior and exterior color schemes as well as the new exterior graphics design. Lots of great changes coming!

With all this new knowledge, we were able to quickly decide what we wanted, get a final price approximation (final 2016 pricing is not yet available) and … drum roll …
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By Michael, 9 years2015-05-23 ago

Geekery

Flame Nebula and the Whirlpool Galaxy

Another great night here in Benson, AZ… I managed to capture some usable data for the Flame Nebula and the Whirlpool Galaxy. The bright glow at the bottom of the Flame Nebula shot is Alnitak, the left most star from our perspective of Orion’s belt in the Orion Constellation. In Read more…

By Michael, 9 years ago

Geekery

A little Horsehead Nebula

First shot at Horsehead w/ my Hyperstar / Atik 414EX-Color combo. The yellowish glow in the middle is from all the moisture that was in the air last night, coupled with some glow from Benson, AZ. Click for a close-up.

By Michael, 9 years2015-03-21 ago

Geekery

First solar light…

Just quick update.. I was finally able to get focus with my imaging camera on my new Lunt LS50THa Solar Scope! Here’s the first, rough draft.. results.. 🙂

By Michael, 9 years2015-03-20 ago

Geekery RV There Yet?

Arizona and Astronomy

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. We’re now in Benson, AZ at the Butterfield RV Resort and Observatory. Yes.. you read that correctly… Observatory! They have a 16″ Mead LX200 Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope in an Observatory dome and have public viewings every night that the weather cooperates. We attended Read more…

By Michael, 9 years2015-03-19 ago

Randomosity

View from my… controller?

This shot was taken of Meteor Crater, 20 miles west of Winslow, AZ (yes, we took it easy). It was taken from a DJI Phantom 2 Vision+. I took some video as well and hope to have it on Follow the Kidd’s on YouTube soon. BTW… the 3 white stripes Read more…

By Michael, 9 years2014-11-28 ago

Michael

Resident Tesla nut and polymath. Raised in eastern Kentucky, joined the US Navy at 19 to operate a Nuclear Reactor on a Fast-Attack submarine. After finishing his enlistment, Michael has continued to follow his passions in technology, astronomy, and of course, traveling the country.