Friday, December 2, 2011

Using binoculars!

Last night when Bob and Stacy returned after dark they told me about seeing the Space Station and the craters on the moon.  They used their binoculars.  I have a hard time seeing through binoculars to begin with and also have a hard time finding the object.  Now, I want to see these things.  Bob and I hopped in the car with binoculars in hand, to the open spaces to see what we could see.  Upon arriving it was amazing to see the cloud free sky with the stars and planets close enough to reach out and touch.  I put the binoculars up and started to look.  "Wait I have to find it first before I can clear them."  It takes me a while.  Bob in the mean time was commenting about how awesome the space station was.  "Wait! I found it!"  I could actually see it, it had panels on each side!  Yes, it was awesome!  Now he tells me to find the moon.  That also took a while.  Bob was being patient.  I finally found it.  All I could say was "Wow!"  They were so close to Earth, and so majestic to view!  When we got home, Stacy asked if we looked at the other bright object, possibly a planet.  No.  Then I picked up the binoculars to find it.  I know she couldn't find it because she was too busy laughing at me trying to find it.  Finally a sighting, still don't know what it was.  Now she wants me to find the moon again.  No, I am not falling for that, she just needs another good laugh.  Not today......  

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