So I spent part of the night sleeping on the back deck. No, I wasn't in trouble - I was there by choice. The height of the perseid meteor shower. We saw many meteors, but it started to cloud over around 1 am, at the supposed peak, so we went inside. I was up again at 330 to check (still cloudy) and by the time I got up at 6, it was raining. Damn.

But I did get to see some. And it was a beautiful night for sleeping outside. Maybe I'll do it again tonight.

And - Bonus - just found out that there is a total lunar eclipse when we will be in Cali. sounds like a good time to go find a dark spot to spend a night.