I stopped here for directions to my Saturday night accommodation and then walked the one block back after dropping off my bags. They were selling homemade cookies and powdered lemonade. The young girl also was promoting ‘A Martian Moment’ where she would be doing an astronomy talk there in front of her cabin at 11:30pm that night.
I managed to stay awake! Just that was feat in itself. I started walking but it was so dark I couldn’t get past the garage so I had to drive that one block.
I was the only outsider there at 11:30 and was treated to a lovely tour around the night sky. Mars was a gigantic red (really) marble. I can’t remember seeing as many stars since I was a kid. We were at 7,000 feet with no moon and no clouds. Mars was within two days of being closer to the earth than it would be in another 1,000 years. It was Fab.