Star Gazing

I enjoy living downtown but one thing I do miss is seeing stars.  Because of the ambient light (and I do enjoy the city lights) I'm lucky if I see one or two stars in the sky on a clear night.  When I was in Finland last March I didn't see the Northern Lights but I did get to see starry nights that reminded me of the night skys I remember seeing as a child, or, for that matter, when we first lived on Tonkel Road 35 years ago. This morning on the early news there was a report on a star gazing trip that sounds really great to me,  "The Star Train" an historic Nevadah train, takes people on a three hour ride, beginning at twilight, to Great Basin National Park (one of the darkest places in the US).  Once there, people get an amazing view of the night sky.  I want to go.