On 2012-07-04, Somebody > wrote:

> Salida... isn't that near the Great Sand Dune park?

Nope. That's about 35-40 mi South-southeast of Salida. C'mon!
Lookit Google maps.

> At night we camped out and I went to take a whizz in the middle of
> the night, and had a Dave Bowman moment: "my god, it's full of
> stars!" Never have seen so many stars in my life. It was
> incredible!

Yep. Notta lotta big city light glare up here. I walk out on my deck
in the Winter and am astonished by the night sky.

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