September 11: I Discover the Milky Way

Monday, September 11, 2006

​It’s the 5-year anniversary of the September 11 attack. 

I see what must be the Milky Way - a cloudy belt of stars cutting the sky from north to south. In this Wyoming sky, I have, for the first time, seen the Big and Little Dippers, but I’m not sure of the North Star and can’t find Orion, my constant friend in North Carolina and the only constellation I could easily find there. I don’t know how to find any other constellations and I haven’t seen a star book here. Staying up late to do laundry has its advantages. The stars are amazing