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However, the cold kept creeping into our shoes and gloves and our toes

and hands were freezing even though we had hand & foot warmers in

place. They failed us completely. When we reluctantly left the scene

and came inside, we discovered that those "warmers" were almost as

cold as our digits. After they sat for a few minutes in the hotel room,

they began to regain their heat! But what good was that! Such a
disappointment with those pieces of cold weather gear! However, not

even cold hands and feet could ruin our marvelous evening of dazzling

sky lights! It was glorious!

The ironic thing about our "good" night of aurora concerns the

methods of predicting such shows. In the Activity Center the daily

weather report and aurora chances were written on a prominent
blackboard. According to the sunspot activity report Saturday night

was to give us our best chance. However, on Friday (our wonderful sky