March 31, 2000A SecretOn a hunch, based on the spectacular sunny day we enjoyed on the 30th, I shuffled down to the edge of the cliff by Cabin 6 a little after 12:30 a.m. I watched the Aurora Borealis for a long time. I know, I know, I should have gone up to the house and hauled the family outside to see it. But it's pretty cold tonight and pajamas are not the uniform of the day. I should have called Ray and Phyllis across the lake, but I'm sure they were asleep because I didn't see any lights on at their house. I watched waves and waves of high energy protons spilling into earth's atmosphere. I had read where we are again at the 11 year cycle of increased sun activity. There will be more of these shows. Amazing blue and white shimmering arc-shaped waves of energy over the north shore of the lake. There is no light pollution here so it's easy to see all of those protons flailing about up there toward the pole. They traveled a long way to get here and I was lucky to be out there in time to see them. Everyone else is sleeping right now. Don't tell them about this. It's a secret.
This time, I'll wake them all up.
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