So I just got back from the meteor shower of the century… it’s was very cool… if you didn’t see it, you missed quite a show… if you didn’t see it where I did, you missed even more of a show…

Richard and I decided to drive up on the mountain to get a better view, and apparently, we weren’t the only ones… matter of fact, EVERYONE decided to drive up on the mountain to watch. We got there two hours before the peak and still had trouble finding a parking place and a place to sit down. We finally decided to stay on top of one hill near a parking area. Us and about 300 other people. it was interesting, to say the least… guitars, and several sets of bongo’s provided quite a setting to watch the meteor shower, and let me just say that there was far more alcohol and marijuana than should ever be allowed on the side of a mountain. We found a nice comfortable piece of rock to hurt our backs on and began watching. All I can say is that around the peak time, there were so many in the sky that your eyes couldn’t keep up with them all. Made me wonder if anyone there really knew what they were watching, or do we as a society just take stuff like this for granted these days? Are we so used to technology and such that a natural wonder such as this that would have surely signaled the second coming of Christ a few hundred years ago is now commonplace and boring?

Well, one thing about the alcohol and drugs, it makes people exceptionally stupid. Someone or probably some people climbed all over richard’s car while we were on the hill. they crushed the roof in, and dented the hood and trunk. It creased it and did serious damage to it.. I really would have hated to seen what would have happened to those people if they had been up there when richard got back… instead, the cowards just left an empty case for corona beer near the car.

Later…