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Stuart Mumford
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nklr meteor shower tonight / i am an idiot
So I rented a ninety thousand dollar 29 foot class A motor home for the
super rate of $88 a day for the weekend (thanks AAA) , drove it and the
family out to Joshua Tree NP, got a space, went to sleep at 9 pm, got up at
midnight and we saw a gang of meteors. Sometimes 3 at a time, a truly
awesome spectacle. Well worth the cash and the trip. (As a side note, I went
out there in '86 to see Halley's comet, it was cloudy so I got drunk and had
fun anyway).
Now the idiot part. Drove 150 miles home after not even hitting a curb all
weekend, pulling into my driveway, I was making sure I didn't hit the fence
post. I made so sure I didn't hit the bastard that I managed to put a tree
branch through the gigantic front window on the passenger side.
Thank goodness I took all the insurance they would sell me.
CA Stu A13 --- In DSN_klr650@y..., k650dsn@a... wrote:
> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., Harry Thames wrote:
> > Very clear sky this morning in SC. Since this is nklr I put the
top
> down on
> > the GT, reclined the seat, turned the heat and CD on, and viewed
> the sky in
> > the comfort of my back yard. Saw about 20 per minute. The
meteors
> rated
> > around BSA 441 to GS/PD with a few exploding to KLR quality. It
was
> kind of
> > like sex, the anticipation was greater than the event but its fun
> to talk
> > about it.
> >
> > Harry
> > SC
>
> Yep, not as many as I thought I would see, but some good ones at
> around 3:15-3:30 am MST. Here on rural New Mexico, I just had to
> walk out my back door a few steps. Well worth getting up for.
>
> Gino