Pine Mountain is a REALLY cool place! I can recall going up there around 0130 one morning and meeting some totally nerdy-cool astronomy students. Those guys were zipping the 24" scope around like madmen, showing us the rings of Saturn, other galaxies, the surface of the moon (UNREAL!) and lots of other cool stuff.
If you haven't been there, I would encourage you to check it out.
Thanks for the link. Bookmarked!
--spud--