Earlier this summer marked the 40th Anniversary of Charon’s discovery. Pluto’s binary companion Charon was discovered in 1978 by Randy Monroe’s stepfather Jim Christy; while working for the US Naval Observatory. He named the moon or actually planet, due to fact that the barycenter or…
Last year was the first time in 17 years that Camp Monroe didn’t occur due to low interest (we had one other year where the camp scheduling impeded our trip in 2010). Because the trip was cancelled, Mr. & Mrs. Monroe decided to go up…
Blanco, Mr. Monroe’s California King Snake and classroom buddy passes naturally over the summer of 2018. He was 15.