The sky in the wilderness of UP Michigan is much different from here in Ann Arbor. Which in turn is very different from that in Birmingham UK. incredible. and always shooting stars, even when there isn't supposed to be a shower you will see the odd one. They created a Dark Sky Park fairly recently, right where the two peninsulas meet

http://www.emmetcounty.org/darkskypark/

but we get plenty of fireflies here in the city. never saw one before I moved to the US though

When you go out west here in Oz, in the winter during the dry months, the sky is amazing. It's so clear that you can see satellites moving across the sky, and not just the odd one. It is one of the things I will always love about this country, although I suppose you would get the same effect in sparsely populated areas all over the world, so it's not just us, but still, I think it's something pretty special to be laying on your back in the middle of the desert, looking up into space through a sky so vast. It's humbling.

I would have put all this in my previous post, but I was on my phone. :)

It's hard to put into words how awesome a starry sky is in a rural dry area. Especially at high altitude.

Living in the city, you forget there are stars.

My county has recently put in ultra bright streetlights. I hate them.

I have been researching the gin and tonic problem lately and have come to the conclusion that the tonic is possibly more important than the gin. So far, Schweppes is the only tonic I've found that have adequate carbonation. Canada dry goes flat instantly, as do all the others. I've even tried a couple of the hippy artisanal tonics and they plain suck.

And fireflies. Yeah.

The lodge we stayed at by Yosemite had these drinks called Hetch Hetchy Mules. Really yummy.

Vodka, ginger liqueur, ginger beer, gingershrub bitters, and fresh lime.

I'd love to recreate it, but how hard is it going to be to track down all that stuff?

How many frequent flier miles do you have?
:D

I only have Angostura bitters, not gingershrub bitters, but all the other ingredients are in my kitchen right now. So, not too tough. Do you have a Trader Joe's nearby? I think I got my ginger liqueur from the local liquor store, the other stuff is not very exotic.

I said it as a joke to you. I don't like to impose my beliefs on other people, so I would not make such judgments on others. I only made that joke because we were all commenting how beautiful the lights fireflies make when you remarked that you just killed some. I thought it was kind of funny. :-P

:headshake She's seen through your mild mannered IT Admin disguise, and knows the evil toad that lurks beneath. :lol2:

I thought I was being respectful!! Naw it's all good