{"id":1506,"date":"2010-01-04T13:08:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T18:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2010-01-04T13:08:58","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T18:08:58","slug":"mcdonald-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=1506","title":{"rendered":"McDonald Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The view from the observatory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The road started climbing and soon we were all the way up at the observatory. There was even a tiny bit of snow in places. We loved the view.<\/p>\n

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Houses where the residents live.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Morgane and Ghis took a tour of the giant telescopes – “Great refractors,” Morgane told us. She’s learned SO much by watching Fetch on PBS. I download episodes onto my iphone and she watches while we drive. She also knows the electromagnetic spectrum from gamma rays to ultraviolet light.<\/p>\n

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Driving towards El Paso.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We drove on to Van Horn and since we didn’t find a hotel we liked, we continued on to El Paso. Today: on to New Mexico!<\/p>\n

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The road started climbing and soon we were all the way up at the observatory. There was even a tiny bit of snow in places. We loved the view. Morgane and Ghis took a tour of the giant telescopes – “Great refractors,” Morgane told us. She’s learned SO much by watching Fetch on PBS. I … <\/p>\n

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