Naked-eye astronomy is more than just meteors.

Well, Len, all I can say is that whenever I take a city person to truly black skies for the first time, there is almost always an audible gasp -- "I had no idea that there were so many stars -- it's like diamond chips on black velvet -- it's unbelievable" -- and so forth.

Just getting to a dark place is one of the biggest attractions of boondocking!