GOT IT! I should've hauled out my old 35 mm SLR with the 150 mm lens, 'cause it would have done a great job of picking this up.

There were about a dozen folks at the intersection of Highway 92 and Skyline road at 5:10, and sure enough about 5:20..*boom* there it was. Within minutes it was visible to the naked eye and I got a good long look at it for 20 minutes until it just got too flippin' cold and it started descending into the red haze on the horizon after the sunset. You could see the tail without any lenses, and it was plain as the nose on my face with binoculars. Now I wish I'd have gotten out there LAST night when it was 15 degrees higher up in the sky....and had the camera!!

BEAUTIFUL!

BTW, the folks who were there said it was unlikely to be visible tomorrow night, it will be too close to the sun, and will barely be above the horizon after sunset so I *just* caught my opportunity!