Two opportunities for fun in one weekend! Racing at El Mirage dry lake for land speed records AND the Leonid Meteor shower!

To accomplish attendance at both we loaded the camper Saturday morning and drove 80 miles or so to the Mojave desert, met with our sons John, Geoff and families. I raced here in the 60's and some of the same cars are still racing today, real nostalgia for me and all new for Deloris.

About noon we headed northeast across the desert towards Las Vegas to find the perfect place with no city light to view the meteors. Our viewing site and camp found us perched high above the desert at an abandoned mine site and we BBQ'd chicken for dinner. Off to bed early so we could be up at 1 AM, when the appointed hour rolled around we dressed warmly and stepped out to the most amazing heavenly display either of us had ever seen! One, two, and sometimes four streaks of light at a time, some left trails in the sky that lasted several seconds and one remained at least a minute. Back in the sack at 2:30,  slept in till 8 AM, a great breakfast by Deloris and we headed off to explore the area and head for home before the Las Vegas crowd turned I15 into a road rage nightmare. Home by 2 PM we covered just over 400 miles and had a great time. Sorry! no meteor pictures just the kids at El Mirage and a spectacular sunset.

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