No photos – too dark – George and his daughter Tina del Campo (visiting her dad and mom from Italy where she lives) and I hit the McClellan Butte trail at about 10:35 pm with the goal of seeing as many meteors as we could.
We went up about 2.3 miles to the talus field you hit as you turn north on the trail. Here is what it looks like on Google earth, from a 2016 hike all the way to the top (red arrow points to where we were):
We got there about 12:15 and, as our eyes got used to the dark and we settled in we sat back and watched the show. I would estimate we saw somewhere around 40 or 50 meteors. We packed up to leave about 2 am.
It was a really fun hike and it is always just a bit spooky traveling through the woods at night. Those headlamps really work.
I hope to do it again next year and you never know, we just might have some friendly visitors from overseas.