Perseids

Tonight the boys and I watched the Perseids. It's been smoggy here
the last couple of days (pretty bad, too) so we drove up Hwy 9, over
the summit, and went to this great vista point that overlooks the San
Lorenzo Valley, and on a clear day/night, you can even see out to Santa
Cruz.  It was clear (no smog over the hill) tonight, and we could just
make out the city lights along the coast.



So we spread a blanket down on the hood of the camry and laid on our
backs and watched some spectacular meteors against a backdrop of stars
that included the pale ghost of the milky way stretched across the
sky... while eating pringles.  Ben loves pringles. 



A great memory.



I bought a GPS on Ebay so we can go Geocaching - I got hooked while we
were camping.  It's about the closest you can come to hunting for
treasure, I think, and is a great excuse to get outside and go trekking
around.