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Meteors for my Birthday
Nov. 17th, 2017 09:20 am I'm going to be watching the weather as the day progresses. Mason and I are making plans to try to catch the Leonids tonight, which are supposed to be at their peek some time around 3 am.
I've only seen the Leonids one other time. Several years ago, Shawn and I drove down to Norwood Young America, MN to hang out with the Minnesota Astronomer's club. The meteor shower lived up to its reputation of being spectacular. We saw hundreds of meteors, including one 'fire ball' type. We weren't there anywhere near peak time and we didn't even stay that long, probably no more than an hour (it was cold. It's always cold near my birthday in Minnesota). Plus, if I remember right, we spent much of the trip down freaking out about our car, which seemed to be having some kind of overheating problem--which I tried to fix with antifreeze... and then we spent the rest of the time worried that I'd put too much in.
Even so, I remember that trip fondly. I'd love to give Mason a similar experience. Of course, it's raining right now. We're expected to stay under fairly heavy cloud cover. But, if I'm reading the weather radar maps correctly, it does look like if we head south it's clearer. Hopefully, we'll have a patch of clear somewhere nearby tonight, too. I'm willing to drive a couple of hours out of town, if necessary. Mason is almost ALWAYS up for a road trip adventure, too.
Otherwise, the countdown to my birthday continues. Yesterday I got a terrible "present" in the form of the allegations against Sen. Al Franken. DO NOT WANT. PLEASE RETURN IMMEDIATELY. It's actually been kind of a crappy birthday week in general, if I'm honest. I hope this means that my actual day will be spectacular.
Currently, my plans for my big 5-Oh, involve meteor chasing and brunch. I LOVE breakfast out and when my birthday falls on a weekend, I insist that I get breakfast out. Sometimes we also do dinner, but, the truth is, of the two I would always rather have breakfast out. Some folks at my usual coffee shop, Claddagh, have suggested we try the Colossal Cafe on Grand Avenue. It looks amazing, so I'm currently very much leaning towards trying that. Should be fun, if Mason and I don't end up sleeping through the whole thing. :-) (It's possible that we'll still be up.)
I've only seen the Leonids one other time. Several years ago, Shawn and I drove down to Norwood Young America, MN to hang out with the Minnesota Astronomer's club. The meteor shower lived up to its reputation of being spectacular. We saw hundreds of meteors, including one 'fire ball' type. We weren't there anywhere near peak time and we didn't even stay that long, probably no more than an hour (it was cold. It's always cold near my birthday in Minnesota). Plus, if I remember right, we spent much of the trip down freaking out about our car, which seemed to be having some kind of overheating problem--which I tried to fix with antifreeze... and then we spent the rest of the time worried that I'd put too much in.
Even so, I remember that trip fondly. I'd love to give Mason a similar experience. Of course, it's raining right now. We're expected to stay under fairly heavy cloud cover. But, if I'm reading the weather radar maps correctly, it does look like if we head south it's clearer. Hopefully, we'll have a patch of clear somewhere nearby tonight, too. I'm willing to drive a couple of hours out of town, if necessary. Mason is almost ALWAYS up for a road trip adventure, too.
Otherwise, the countdown to my birthday continues. Yesterday I got a terrible "present" in the form of the allegations against Sen. Al Franken. DO NOT WANT. PLEASE RETURN IMMEDIATELY. It's actually been kind of a crappy birthday week in general, if I'm honest. I hope this means that my actual day will be spectacular.
Currently, my plans for my big 5-Oh, involve meteor chasing and brunch. I LOVE breakfast out and when my birthday falls on a weekend, I insist that I get breakfast out. Sometimes we also do dinner, but, the truth is, of the two I would always rather have breakfast out. Some folks at my usual coffee shop, Claddagh, have suggested we try the Colossal Cafe on Grand Avenue. It looks amazing, so I'm currently very much leaning towards trying that. Should be fun, if Mason and I don't end up sleeping through the whole thing. :-) (It's possible that we'll still be up.)
