Moonwalk

We waited for dusk to set in and then told the boys to dress in a warm jacket, hat and put on their headlamps. They were a little bewildered at first but ready to comply. Christian was the first to suspect that we were going on a walk to look at "supermoon". With a bowl of fresh popcorn and a thermos of hot cocoa in our backpack, we headed down to the lake. A few red streeks of sunlight were still visible in the western sky. We settled on the dock and focused our gazes east, where the profile of the Stuart Mountains was still quite visible. We suddenly realized that we had no idea how long it would be before the moon would "rise". Our waiting time was spent by telling some of our childhood moonlit adventures to the boys. Maybe we were giving them some stories of their own, that will be retold some day as well. It wasn't long before we saw a disticnt brightness behind the mountain, and soon after, the beautiful moon rising. I'm always in awe of the moon, no matter where it's positioned in the sky. I'm not sure if on this night it looked any bigger or brighter, but I'm glad we went out to check.