Friday night at Lake Lagunita

Yesterday was one of those regular Friday's. I did things which I do most often - watched a movie, dine out, dropped someone at the airport (yes that is quite common :), general tp at N & J's place and some things which I do not do quite often - like spending an hour in the middle of the night by the shores of Lake Lagunita at Stanford. I think I must have been there like only 4-5 times in nearly as many years here. And even less when it had water in it.
So it was a pleasant surprise when my Stanford roomie N had told me earlier in the day that they had filled it with water of late. Not a lot, but still some to make it seem like a water body :) So on a whim - A, K, H and me all decided to go there. A & K being coffee fans decided to make some and take it with them to drink there. After the whole process was done, we were finally there somewhere between 2 and 3 am.

It was nice. As nice as I had expected it to be. Oh yes, there was a totally random open air potty and wash basin installed in the middle of nowhere on the lake shore. Why would anyone want to put it up there was beyond any of our's comprehension! Unfortunately it was pitch dark for us to take any picture of the contraption, but I am definitely gonna try and get one if I get a chance again.

As is usual when you are sitting with friends under nothing but the sky, the conversation eventually turned to stars and constellations, and everyone tried to locate something we could identify. And then there were some interesting pictures taken with some lighting provided by A's cell. Here is one - try and identify who this is :)
Each of us had such a picture taken but I believe none came out as nice as this :)

And while there we started playing some good songs - under the stars and next to the water. It was a good experience. Life was good and I was happy to be there.

H was sleepy soon and so we headed back home. Hope to go back soon sometime and spend some more time gazing at the stars and wondering what the heavens hold :)