Saturday, September 20, 2008

a night out...

Tonight I went out with my friend Rachel and her daughter Madeline to an Ice Cream Social (YUM!) & Star Gazing at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum just outside of Superior, AZ. We had a great time and look forward to doing it again!

on our way out, I ran into this guy... what.... a dragonfly or some sort? I thought he was cool looking, though Madeline thought I might have blinded the poor guy with all my flashing to get a good shot of him! LOL

I look forward to going back there... there are lots of hiking trails and of course the arboretum to see (during the light of day ;-) ) The three of us are planning a walk/hike day there while Madeline and I are on fall break in a few weeks.... I can't wait :)

The star gazing was awesome... we got to see Jupiter and 3 of it's moons... and the rings of Jupiter even! I learned where Sagittarius is, and Scorpio too... The stars were SO wonderful, and what a great night! Not a cloud in the sky! We got to see the Andromeda Galaxy and a few nebula's and clusters too... Oh and lets not forget the beautiful Milky Way :) it was just awesome.