stelliferous
[ste-lif-er-uh s]
1. having or abounding with stars.
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“Did we have to come all the way out here?” Heather
asked. “I mean, can’t we go stargazing
somewhere where there’s other things around?
You know, like a roof?”
“No
way. That would defeat the point.” Brice answered. “Besides, we do have a roof.”
“A tent
does not count as a roof.”
“It
serves the same function.”
“That’s
debatable.” Heather said with a huff.
“You
know, instead of complaining, you could help me out here.”
“Why? You’re the one who wanted to come out
here. You should have no problems
getting everything set up.”
“Set
up, sure. Set up in time is another
thing. I want to get the fire set up and
the tent pitched before sun set. That
way we’re not doing anything in the dark.”
Heather
grumbled, but knew he had a point. If
they didn’t get the camp site set up in time, it would be even worse than it
already was. She went to their car’s
still open trunk and started removing the smaller bags. She didn’t touch the actual tent though. She would let Brice deal with it, since he
was so eager to sleep under it.
Brice
soon finished setting up the camp fire, but didn’t light it. Instead he joined Heather at the car and
removed a few other bags. From one of
them he pulled a metal grate with long , thin legs.
“Uh,
what’s that for?” Heather asked. She could guess the answer, but was hoping it
wasn’t true.
“It’s
for our dinner. We’re getting some real
food cooked over an open fire. It’ll be
great.”
“Uh
huh. Please tell me you have something
other than hot dogs.”
“Obviously. I packed plenty of stuff. I’ve got a few different veggies, a couple of
steaks, and some potatoes. We’ll have a
good meal cooked over a real fire. Just
imagine it. Eating good food under a starry
sky. There’s nothing else like it in the
world. And after we finish dinner, I
brought all the stuff for making s’mores.”
“I do
like s’mores.” Heather admitted slowly.
“Of
course you do. Who doesn’t?”
“Alright,
fine. But this had better be the best
night sky I’ve ever seen.”
“I
promise. If it isn’t, I’ll buy you that
dress you were looking at last week.”
Heather considered his words for a bit before replying.
“Just
so you know, I’m holding you to that.”
Brice
didn’t say anything back. He simply got
to work setting the tent up. Heather did
end up lending a hand towards the end, but only because the sun was starting to
set before he could finish. By the time
everything was set out, even Heather had to admit the campsite looked fairly
decent. A tent more than big enough for
the both of them, a god size fire pit in the middle, and two folding cloth
chairs set to lean back a bit.
As the sun went down, Heather
expected Brice to light the fire right away, but he didn’t, claiming it was
best to do that before they started cooking so as to better appreciate the
night sky. Since he said they came out
here to see the stars without any man made lights around, that did make some
kind of sense, even though she felt that one campfire wouldn’t so much harm.
The sky changed from blue to gold
and orange, and then finally to black, and Heather found out why Brice had
wanted to come out into such a remote place.
The sky was filled with more stars than she had ever seen at one time
before in her life. The sky that
normally held only a few scattered stars now looked like a field of white,
twinkling flowers spreading out in all directions.
“Damn it.” Heather said quietly.
“What’s wrong?”
“I was looking forward to getting
that dress.”
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Can't say I've ever gone stargazing in a really remote place, so I can't say first hand what this would look like. But there's some really nice pictures out there. Maybe not quite the same thing, but still pretty good.
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