Last week, Mike's family was at Keuka Lake for their week-long family reunion. Unfortunately Mike and I had to work most of the week, but we were able to make it over for a few days on the weekends. The weather was beautiful and it was really nice to see some of the extended family. We only get to see most of them about once a year.Saturday night (the last night), we all stayed up till midnight and then ventured out onto the boat to watch the night sky. The Perseids Meteor Shower is happening these past couple of days and we wanted to see if we could catch a glimpse of some shooting stars. While out on the boat, most of us saw about 15! It wasn't quite as much as we had hoped for, but it was still a good show. The sky was so clear, and the weather was perfect. It was just neat to be able to see so many stars and even the milky way - sort of a rare site these days with so much light pollution everywhere.
After coming in for the night, about 1:30am, Mike and I decided to sleep out on the dock and try to see a few more. It was such a good idea - so peaceful, and we saw several more before drifting off to sleep. I think Mike's final count was around 33 or so.
Hopefully next year we can all make it for the entire week, so much fun to be had - tubing, skiing, swimming, boating, eating, kayaking, fishing, reading, cards, games, hiking, and most importantly, reuniting with family and relaxing. Miss you all!
4 comments:
where did you get this picture it is really cool!
http://www.allthesaints.com/san_lorenzo_street.htm
I just found it on-line. I did just look at the website and it's an interesting look on the showers though, in a round about way.....
The Meteor Shower was lots of fun - thanks for making sure that I remembered the name 'Perseids' - while out on the boat, looking at the meteor shower, Chris also pointed out (with her new spotlight) the bats that were flying around the boat, snarfing up the bugs that were about to descend on us.
snarfing....great word scott!
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