Hi InkDark,
If I remember correctly, I did eventually try to align my finder scope by using Saturn that night. I didn't have a chair at the time and my back was starting to complain.

I did get out last Friday (Jul 4) with a few others from my RASC centre. I aligned the finder and my newly mounted Telrad with Jupiter. Worked like a charm. I had little difficulty pointing my scope to wherever I wanted.

As for the 1.25" vs 2" adaptors. I borrowed a very nice Meade 2" eyepiece from the guy next to me and we found out that you DID have to remove the 1.25" adaptor and insert a separate 2" adaptor.

-Jerry