Under the Darkening Moon

We went out to Eisenman Road at 5:45 a.m. to watch the lunar eclipse. That's where Janice said we would see it best.

We did see it, and we did freeze our little selves, too.

But there is much more life and many more lights out there than either of us knew about. Bright lights. Trucking places, Shopko's distribution center, Brasher's Auto Auction, WES--whatever that is--and others, not to mention the Outlet Mall lighted brightly.

We went down the road a couple of times, then out Gowen. Lots of lights out there, too.

Back to Eisenman, where we backed up a short sloping driveway, parked, and where Janice got out all of her scopes and cameras and settled in.

I thought it was private property; I had walked up, seen the address by the door and the mailbox by the door.

When the dogs began barking, I told Janice I was pretty sure we were on private property. She said, "No. It's the storage office."

"Well," said I, quoting, "then, Who let the dogs out?"

"Don't worry," she said. "They're fenced in." Apparently Janice doesn't know the song.

I got back in the car. I was freezing anyway.

Janice is hard of hearing, you know, and did not put her hearing aids in this morning, so she didn't hear the woman at first. And because she was bending over with her face in her scope, she didn't see her either.

That woman was not happy and not nice. She made clear we were on private property and she needed us to leave. Janice's apology fell on, as they say, deaf ears. Sorry, Janice.

"I need you to pack up all your equipment and get out of here." And that was the nice part.

We left.

An observation about the eclipsed moon. You can see its roundness better than at any other time. It looked just like a ball and like it might fall at any second. Fascinated me. I took many pictures. Haven't looked to see if any might be satisfactory.

I am glad I went. I loved the moon. And I always like an adventure, especially if I'm only watching it from inside a car.