[at-l] Leonids

[buchanan@gtcinternet.com (Susan Buchanan)]

and since I'm off on Mondays and Tuesdays, and usually pouting as everyone
else is out hiking on saturday and sunday . . . I'm going to totally enjoy
this change of the regular.

last year I took a bunch of the youth from church out - we slept out in our
sleeping bags in a farm field far from the lights, but a little too close to
the Blue Ridge (we were along the Shenandoah River) so had some of the sky
blocked off by the mountains.  But still it was incredible.  A very cold
night for that point in VA- our bags were frosted stiff on top.  I got up at
3:00 and made hot chocolate for everyone - brought it to most of the kids
who didn't budge out of their sleeping bags.  And we each looked out over a
different section of the sky and enjoyed the show.  It was truly incredible.
I got to church for the 8:00 service with sleeping bag hair that day (not
the first time, and not the last).  And the kids weren't against getting in
out of the cold - so didn't complain about being at the early service.

One of the other adults with me for that night is a lurker on this list -
she could testify to how incredibly wonderful the whole thing was, except
that she's a pretty quiet one, so probably won't say anything.

This year I'll most likely be doing the meteors solo.  Gotta go find me a
good campsite out there.

suz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Bullard" <bullard@northnet.org>
To: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Leonids


> At 06:06 PM 11/1/2002 -0800, Orange Bug wrote:
> >I suspect that an enterprising person could get home from work Nov 17
> >around 5:30, hit supper and get to bed by 7PM, set the alarm for 2AM
> >and get on the road into the dark by 3:30AM, with eye fairly
> >accomodated to the dark by 4:15AM. Enjoy the show, snack on bagels with
> >a thermos of cocoa, then drive back home as the sun rises at 6AM and
> >still get to work.
>
> I like your thinking but since I plan to take the 18th off I just might go
> back to bed instead of to work.  :)
>
> sAunTerer
>
>
>
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