Leonids FAIL! Or..."35"

[furtech]

Q: You know what the difference between the Perseid meteor shower and the Leonid shower is?
A: 35 degrees.

iisaw, three border collies and I set up in his front yard much like we had several months ago when we saw a great Perseid show there. The peak of the Leonids wasn't untill after midnight, but we figured we'd just hang out and wait for the show to grow. I was dressed in thermals, had a good jacket, ear muffs and a thick blanket (Iisaw was similarly prepared).

After about a half hour I mentioned to Iisaw that I set midnight as the cut-off time (to go home).

Another twenty minutes and I declared 10pm as a good time to cut it off (only a couple of piddly streaks so far).

Ten minutes later and I totally wussed out. I couldn't feel my feet. My kidneys were two, big pudding-pops. Iisaw, who had gotten little sleep the night before and had driven from Oakhurst to L.A. at 5am that morning was quick to agree.

I'm so not-hardcore.

HUGE kudos to Brian for setting his alarm clock and actually getting up at 2am to see the show! I'm glad you had a good time!

Comments

[mistahbojangles.livejournal.com]

Aw, hopefully you at least got to see the stars fairly clearly, -that by itself is a fascinating thing for me to see when I stop to take the time and admire the clarity out here. For me I'm thankful that the weather held out because the sky was totally clear but began clouding over not eight hours later followed by rain. Not too terribly cold either. I know I must have raised some eyebrows at the handful of cars that drove by as I was just pulled off by one of the fenceposts and leaned back onto the car with my head looking up. One guy actually pulled over to ask if I needed any help, "Nope, but thanks! Just enjoying the meteor shower!"