Last night I headed up to Fremont Peak for only the second time in my life. The first time was a couple of years ago now, about the same time I discovered TAC.
Fortunately, we were well above the cloud layer for most of the night. Skies were clear, with just a touch of occasional haze until about 12:30 when some of the haze increased a bit. It seemed to be clearing again at 1:30 or so when I packed up.
I had forgotten what it is like to observe in an active camp ground. I ended up spending at least an hour talking to onlookers. Something I don't mind at an event like Houge, but not really what I'm looking for when trying to do CCD work. That, along with the occasional flash lights and headlights was actually a bit of a pain. I was up on coulter, so maybe the other areas were better. All in all, I think I prefer parking lots surrounded by observers :-)
As for targets, for me it was a bit of a "farewell to winter" trip, saying goodbye to the galaxies. I did manage to take a reasonable shot of M57, and spent the first evening of the year observing my old friends in Sagitarius.
Amazingly, it was also my first chance to take a serious look at Mars, both for this year, and also the first time through the CG11 I've been using for 2 years now. I was shocked by the amount of detail - realize that the last time I looked at Mars was through my old 6" Edmund mirrored Newtonian. Clear, clear polar ice, and lots of surface detail.
A fun night, with probably better skies than other locations I'm guessing, but still, given equal conditions I would have preferred Coe or Dino.