Look up, Look wayy up!

On August 12th, Dale and I discovered that there was going to be a rather large meteor shower happening. It was the Perseid meteor shower and the peak was on that night. 

So, Dale did his research and found out just how early we were going to have to stay up. We found multiple ways of keeping ourselves awake until 1:00 a.m. when Dale said would be the best time to go out. 

At first, we just went and stood in the backyard to see if there was anything really going on. Due to the small space we were looking up from and the city lights, there really wasn't anything going on.

This is a picture of just how tired we really are. Dale figured that the best way to see the shower would be to "drive out into the country" (his words exactly) and set up a little camp there. So we got in the car with our lawn chairs and our blankets and drove maybe 10-15 minutes out of the city and found a little spot just off the road.

Dale had a hard time adjusting to the light of the camera flash.

And I just look.. yeah. In my defense, the blanket was over my head because it was kind of windy and it was making my ears hurt.

We were out there for about 45 minutes watching the amazing show. It was very humbling to look up into the stars and realizing that I am living on one of God's creations, That I am one of God's creations, and that there are so many more out there.

The meteor shower got to a point where we would see one shoot at least every thirty seconds! Dale told me a story about how his dad would wake them up early in the morning to watch meteor showers and a story about how when they were at the cabin, they sat on the beach and watched the skies fill with shooting stars! Those stories made me want to have the experience for myself.

After many attempts of taking pictures of the sky with my puny little digital camera, this was the best picture I could get to prove that we were out there!

It's these little, crazy adventures that Dale and I go on that make me realize that it's these little crazy adventures that count.