Heide Brandes
✭ Favorite Planet: Saturn (the flattest planet and 150 moons!) ✭ Favorite Stargazing Spot: My land near Jasper, Arkansas ✭ Best Space Tourism Experience: The Stafford Air & Space Museum in Weatherford, Oklahoma runs a close second to stargazing in the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa.
How to Plan an Epic Blue Ridge Mountains Stargazing Trip
Many people have a romanticized notion of the Blue Ridge Mountains that run from North Carolina through Virginia. The rolling green mountains are a far cry from the rolling fawn-colored plains and rusty hills of my home state of Oklahoma. Personally, I’ve dreamed of the day when my battered hiking shoes would walk the Appalachian Trail, which weaves 2,190 miles through the Mountains...
