In 1985 I was about done with my military commitment, and I was driving across the country with a friend who was getting ready to ship out to South Korea. He co

In 1985 I was about done with my military commitment, and I was driving across the country with a friend who was getting ready to ship out to South Korea. He couldn't take his car, so we were driving it from California to his mom's house in Georgia. Pulling off the road in New Mexico, we went over a hill away from traffic to take a pee break. Looking up, we were able to see the full Milky Way - the first time I had ever seen all of it. Truly stunning - the people in the brightly-lit Northeast don't know what they're missing by not having a dark night sky.