Last night was the last day of November and consequently also the last day of spring here in New Zealand. To celebrate the start of summer and the first of December, we slept outside under the stars. A bunch of people set up their tents and dragged out their mattresses to put inside their tents. However, a few of us decided just to sleep under the sky. We rolled out sleeping pads, grabbed out warm clothes, sleeping bags, and sipped home-made mochas (half hot chocolate half black coffee).
We chatted for awhile, reminiscing about the first few days we were here. We talked about Opoutere and the shell fish survey and how unbearably cold and wet those mornings were. Despite how miserable we were, we all remembered those days fondly.
All the while we were watching shooting stars. Then the real show began. Valerie went to get her computer. She wants to be an astronaut and has this planetary program on her computer. All night she told us stories about the constellations, and nebulae, and the shape of galaxies, and the ever expanding ever accelerating universe. It was a magical night. The shooting stars were beautiful.
Happy December!!!
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