setting up shop

It wasn't too cold, mid 50's, and no moon, clear, so I thought I'd start setting up shop in the backyard observatory at GGG tonight. I set up and leveled my little ETX table but didn't bother setting up the scope. I opted for a chair and 7x50 binocs instead and focused on the Perseus/Cassiopea area just northeast of the house. Limiting mag was about 7. I easily found the double cluster and the major stars of Perseus and all 5 bright stars in Cas. The dc didn't come close to its brilliance in CO this summer but at least it is fairly high. I may try it with the ETX in a few days. There was a lot of smoke in the air and it smelled bad outside so I quit early. I hope every night isn't 'burn trash' night this year.