Phew, Neferchoirwen, you mentioned the stars! They are one of the chief reasons to go out in the wild. I can remember, lounging on my back on summer nights when the stars were so miriad that I was nearly blinded by them.
Seeing the Milky Way is always entertaining, counting galaxies, and seeing meteor showers!
the last time I went upstate a friend of mine was facing me on the other side of the fire, telling a tale, when on a sudden, a giant burning ball traced the heavens for more than 5 seconds. We gasped, and pointed, past him, and my friend said, "Hey, I didn't know I was that entertaining!" We had to shout and laugh, for he had missed it!
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