Tonight--the first night of session 4 2007--happens to be the peak night for viewing the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. It's an August FV ritual--watching for shooting stars on this night every summer. This year it happens to be a perfect night. The clouds you see here above have already passed (see at center below for a more current view!) and the first stars and one planet are already visible. At midnight--after telling stories to Forest and then Tacoma and giving a devotion of sorts to CITs--I intend to find the best CQ fire for viewing shooting stars (Forest, hands down) and will sit there as late as I can stay awake to enjoy the celestial show. I live in Philadelphia. Were I there tonight, I wouldn't be able to see the stars but for the city lights, let alone the meteors. Another good reason to be here here here.
Smith Lodge to the right, emergency vehicle** parked out front, Banks Hill in the center. [**It got some use this night: one counselor twisted an ankle stepping into Lake Cole at CIT Point during the opening campfire; a camper hit his head on a bunk while falling out of it.]
