When at first you don't succeed .. when at second you don't succeed … when at third ... That's the name of the game when it comes to finding deep-sky objects with a binocular from a very light polluted observing site. It's taken three nights and a bit of ingenuity, but I finally detected M81/M82 in Ursa Major the other night with my astronomy binocular. My normal routine had not been working, so I got creative. Too much light outside for my eyes to become dark adapted? No problem. I sat in a darkened living room with a towel over my head for a full thirty minutes, then kept the towel draped over my head as I went back outside and looked through my already tripod mounted Nikon 10x70 binocular. There was the galaxy pair, ever so dim and a tiny smudge, but there just the same. Not visible enough to show them, distinctly as to their shapes, but I'm not complaining. I keep wondering, though. Does a woman sitting in a living room with a towel over her head say more about her dedication as an astronomer or is it more a statement about her social life?