Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 July 4, 1956
- 2 What is a meteor?
- 3 Some historical notes
- 4 Small rocks and dust in space
- 5 Observing meteors
- 6 Recording meteors
- 7 A New Year gift: the Quadrantids
- 8 The Lyrids – an April shower
- 9 The Eta Aquarids
- 10 The Omicron Draconids, continued
- 11 The Delta Aquarids
- 12 Tears of St. Lawrence: Perseid trails and trials
- 13 The August Pavonids
- 14 The Orionids
- 15 The Taurids
- 16 The Leonids
- 17 The Geminids
- 18 The Ursids
- 19 A catalog of meteor showers throughout the year
- Appendix
- Index
1 - July 4, 1956
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 July 4, 1956
- 2 What is a meteor?
- 3 Some historical notes
- 4 Small rocks and dust in space
- 5 Observing meteors
- 6 Recording meteors
- 7 A New Year gift: the Quadrantids
- 8 The Lyrids – an April shower
- 9 The Eta Aquarids
- 10 The Omicron Draconids, continued
- 11 The Delta Aquarids
- 12 Tears of St. Lawrence: Perseid trails and trials
- 13 The August Pavonids
- 14 The Orionids
- 15 The Taurids
- 16 The Leonids
- 17 The Geminids
- 18 The Ursids
- 19 A catalog of meteor showers throughout the year
- Appendix
- Index
Summary
Twin Lake Camp
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away.
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day.
As a spindly asthmatic eight-year-old Canadian boy, I was not familiar with the Fourth of July, 1956, as a national holiday. Four days earlier, I had boarded a train in Montreal with my two brothers Richard and Gerry and my sister Joyce. It was the first time in my life I would be away from Mom and Dad, and I was not happy about it. I was homesick before the train pulled to a stop by the small station at Whitehall in New York state. We boarded buses – one for Joyce who would attend nearby Camp Awanee, and another for the rest of us. Richard was looking forward to his elite experience on Senior Hill; Gerry was wondering about life in Freshman House, and I was headed for Bunk B on Junior Row. With these thoughts in our minds, our buses crossed the border into Vermont, near the historic Fort Ticonderoga where American soldiers fought the British during their war of independence. We reached Vermont Route 30 and headed south through beautiful undulating mountain scenery. Finally we passed a restaurant on the right called The White House, descended a hill, slowed down, then turned left. We had reached Twin Lake.
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- David Levy's Guide to Observing Meteor Showers , pp. 1 - 4Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007