Skies Electric

Last night Liza, Travis and I drove to Hastings at one in the morning to watch the Leonid meteor shower. We got snacks at a gas station about 10 miles outside of our destination. I wanted to wait to eat the snacks, but everyone started on their own almost immediately so I went ahead and just ate mine then too. I got bar-b-que chips. I always get bar-b-que chips and lemon-lime gatorade. I wanted a beer but it was past one, 1:18 to be exact. Anyway.
One thing I was always somewhat aware of but never fully experienced was the insanely thick fog in that area. Scary movie kind of fog. It comes and goes in blankets and we had to relocate once because it floated in and obscured our vision. When we parked, about 20 feet off the road, we all got out and laid down on top of Travis's Toyota, forming a Hiller sandwich. The sky out in the Hastings area is especially clear and the visibility is unparalleled. I was amazed by how many stars we were able to see that night. I had only ever seen more out in the wilderness of Utah, which says a lot.
Right away Travis and I saw a HUGE meteor which streaked across the entire sky. Over the coarse of the 45 minutes or so we were out there we saw about a dozen shooting-stars. Some were rather large and caught our attention wherever we were looking in the sky and some were rather quick and missed by one or two of the three people. It was amazing, especially considering before that night I had only ever seen a couple meteors myself. After fog took over for the second time, we collectively decided to travel back and got home around 3 or so.
I don't know I could speak for Liza and Travis, but just being out there was ineffably relaxing. Even to the point where I'd consider driving out there by myself just to lay on my car for an hour or so to look at the sky. The lights on the way out there were surrounded by this aura of light cast in the fog, just beautiful. It was silent in the country and the sky was filled with stars and meteors. Being able to lay in that environment with two of my favorite people while enjoying bar-b-que chips and lemon-lime Gatorade was perfect and in that moment there was really nothing more I could have asked for.