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Bright Lights - Get out of the City!

August 12th, 2007 categories: Columbus, Entertainment, Local Communities, Real Estate Professionals, Recreation

For at least one night our family will be heading here, to join another family member so we can view the fabulous Perseid meteor shower under a clear, dark sky. This is supposed to be a great one and we are especially excited to check them out. Since we live in Westerville, we have a city-lit sky making it a tad unremarkable to see the showers. Mind you, we are able to see the evening sky rather well, but for optimal viewing pleasure, we decided to head to Delaware County, where the lights are fewer and the night sky darker.

After hoping to get some sleep, we’ll awaken around 4:00 am as we discovered this will be the best time to view this annual display of astronomical wonder. We understand that for the majority of you out there, this might be difficult to arrange with regular work hours arriving soon after sunset. One of the great benefits of being in a two Realtor household is we can be somewhat flexible with our schedules. At least that’s what we tell the kids when they question why we might occasionally be home after dinner. “Remember when we spent the night at Grandmom’s and watched the Great Perseids and then slept in really late on a Monday morning? Remember?”

If you’d like to see them locally, here are a few fine area parks offering meteor watching opportunities. If you happen to miss them on August 12, check out these other dates and events for more showers.

If you’d like to check out other celestial events at an active research facility, the Perkins Observatory offers many public viewing opportunities - year round. They do charge a nominal fee, but think of the tour guides they have there! People who know what they’re talking about and can point you in the right direction!

Our family loves exploring and honoring the outdoors, whether it be in our own backyard, area parks, or the national parks our amazing country has to offer. Simple, easy activities such as these will hopefully fill the memory banks of our children and in-laws as well as continue to harvest a sense of wonder.

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