Frosty Drew

 Last night we went to the Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center in the dark. No flash lights (other than red ones) were allowed. We stood outside in the grass while waiting in line for our chance to look through the telescope to see Jupiter and Saturn. A man pointed his laser pointer in the sky and pointed out the Milky Way, Cassiopeia, the big dipper, the little dipper, the north star, the northern cross, and all sorts of constellations including a huge dragon that took up half the sky. The moon was new so this was a perfect night to be standing outside in the dark looking up at the sky. Shooting stars went by. A group of loud and clumsy girl scouts disrupted the crowd. The girl scout leader apologized. I said there was no need to apologize because I understood. I did not expect that the crowded east coast of our nation would have such a wonderful resource as a dark sky unpolluted by city lights.