I Love the Outdoors and Nature
[b]A funny story about the Northern Lights[/b]
I have never seen the Northern Lights, although I have tried a few times. On one occasion, on a night that was supposed to be favorable for seeing then, I drove out into the country, pulled to the side of the road in utter darkness, and got out and looked to the sky.
Nothing.
Eventually, a sheriff's car pulled up. He got out to ask if I needed help, and I explained what I was doing. That got him to tell me the following story.
When he was attending college in Duluth Minnesota (a high-latitude location) he was dating a woman from California. She had never heard of the northern lights. So, he offered to take her out to see them one evening. Her reaction was one of pure skepticism. She figured this was one more lame excuse men come up with for getting a woman to agree to "park" with them in the dark!
He eventually convinced her, and yes they saw them, and yes she was embarrassed!
I have never seen the Northern Lights, although I have tried a few times. On one occasion, on a night that was supposed to be favorable for seeing then, I drove out into the country, pulled to the side of the road in utter darkness, and got out and looked to the sky.
Nothing.
Eventually, a sheriff's car pulled up. He got out to ask if I needed help, and I explained what I was doing. That got him to tell me the following story.
When he was attending college in Duluth Minnesota (a high-latitude location) he was dating a woman from California. She had never heard of the northern lights. So, he offered to take her out to see them one evening. Her reaction was one of pure skepticism. She figured this was one more lame excuse men come up with for getting a woman to agree to "park" with them in the dark!
He eventually convinced her, and yes they saw them, and yes she was embarrassed!
