Here's a story that I've had quite a while and I'm just getting to it.

The man is in his 60s.

He says he's battling MS, multiple sclerosis, I assume that's what MS means.

He writes, I've decided to share my experiences before it's too late.

Perhaps my encounters will benefit someone, and if so, then my time writing this has not been wasted.

I was raised on a farm in cattle operation in Utah in the 1960s and 70s.

Our land was adjacent to foothills that led up into a range of the Rocky Mountains where I spent every possible hour on horseback or hiking or backpacking.

I logged several hundred nights camping out during my teens and in 20s and my 30s and into my early 40s.

It came with the territory of my outdoor life. Being out of doors every day from my childhood onward

gave me a tremendous education about the natural world and I was intimately familiar with every species of tree, plant, wildflower, every type of

bird that inhabited our region, and of course every mammal that lived in these valleys and

mountains. I grew up fly fishing and hunting waterfowl, upland birds and big game, which took me

into some of the most beautiful and remote country imaginable.

I mention these things so you'll understand my familiarity.

That's a hard work for me to say.

I mention these things so you'll understand my familiarity with every living thing from the western deserts to Utah's red rock country, and the alpine peaks of the highest mountains.

In all that time spent outdoors, I never had any cause for fear, nor did I see or experience anything unusual.

And then one August evening in 2004, my fly fishing partner and I decided to stay out late to watch the

I can't pronounce this word I think it's Per Seid Meteor Shower at Strawberry Reservoir P-E-R-S-E-I-D-P-R-S-E-I-D-P-Side or or Per Seid Meteor Shower at Strawberry Reservoir.

We were excited to see the spectacle because of clear skies.

There was no moonlight and no light pollution.

We launched our float tubes into the water shortly before dark to enjoy some fishing and stargazing.

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