There’s a somewhat large field near my house owned by the city, and a nearby little league baseball field next to that which thankfully didn’t have many lights on.

We got to the field around midnight, 4 friends, the wife and I, and settled onto blankets in the field.

I live in Tampa, Florida, so there is quite a bit of light pollution, but the skies were fairly clear above our heads. It was a bit hazy near the horizon in every direction, but we were none-the-less able to see a few meteors during each 10 minute period.

The best part was that every once in a while, someone would be talking, and someone else would ask them to be quiet, as if we were going to scare them away! They’re not wild deer for goodness sakes!

Having to work today, I didn’t stay out as late as the rest of my group, but still got to see a good 10-12 meteors before calling it a night.

One or two were quite bright and seemed large, in comparison to the rest, but were nothing like meteor showers I’ve seen in times past.

Thank you very much for the posts about this shower, as the local news didn’t mention it until last night, and we would have missed it.