November 2022

 So we hied off to John Martin for an overnighter, the idea being to lurk in the far corner of the campground and watch the Taurids. Even with a nearly full moon, the Taurids promised to be spectacular. They are known for a high rate of fireballs and bolides. Despite the nearly full moon, we were hoping for a bit of astronomical excitement.

Alas, it was cloudy.

The Taurids kind of drag out for a few weeks so maybe one night this week ...

OTOH, we had a leisurely dinner of grilled Angus burgers, Leece's beans and rice from the Backpacker Chef's recipe, a good selection of fresh veggies, all to the backdrop of geese and ducks having a merry old time over on Hasty Lake. We saw several large flocks of Canada geese and snow geese, but could not get close enough to the ducks for ID.

This morning was brisk but not cold; it was OK for shorts, in fact, at least out in the sun. And there was plenty of sun, for the morning dawned bright and blue.

After an equally leisurely breakfast of iron skillet bacon and  very gently over easy eggs with crunchy edges - very hot bacon fat gives the very best dippy eggs - and iron skillet-baked biscuits, we also very leisurely packed up for home.

There were only eight other campers in the entire Hasty campground. It was most pleasant.