Absolutely Amazing ride in to work this morning. My ride usually takes around 30 minutes... today It took about an hour!

The Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) were the most vivid and active I've seen in years! At times they filled the entire sky. I stopped 3 or 4 times to take it in, then decided to find a bench in a darker area of the park (to escape some of the city's light polution). I layed on my back watching the increadible show. I stood up to leave a couple of times, but just couldn't... I ended up on the bench again. I watched for about 15 to 20 minutes. The sky was perfectly clear with just enough ice crystals in the air to create a cool glow around the crescent moon. As I was laying on the bench watching the show, I saw 3 shooting stars, one that lasted quite a while & seemed to break up half way through it's flight.

This is one of the reasons our licence plates tag line is "Land of Living Skies"

By the time I got to work the Northern Lights had faded & all but dissapeared... was I ever glad I took the time to stop and take them in!

And they think I'm crazy to bike to work in the winter!?