I've enjoyed a number of very memorable nights of observing meteor showers in my life. The first was the Perseid shower in 1977, the night I became engaged (yes, we're still married). The second was a night in early January some 20 years ago that I took my wife and two little girls to Little Mountain. In the wee hours, with temperatures near zero, we bundled up in blankets and comforters and lay in the snow to observe the Quadrantids. Then, of course, there was the Leonid shower/storm a few years back - unforgettable. Another fond memory was a bitter cold night in Rush Valley (1990, I think) when Bill Kelley and I spent a few hours observing the Geminids. The sky was breathtaking in its clarity and darkness, at least in the directions away from the lights of the Wasatch Front. I made two one-hour counts during the night, of 110 shower members each, with perhaps another five to ten sporadics. Until the Leonid storm, that Geminid shower was the most productive I've observed. In many Decembers since, I've hoped to repeat the experience, but weather and moonlight have never cooperated. I hope this year will be different. Gary W. Kronk's website predicts the maxima for this year's Geminids at 08:19 UT (01:19 MST) on December 14. If the weather allows, I plan to observe from my back yard, beginning late on the 13th (even if I have to chase away the elk). If anyone is interested in a coordinated observing effort, please contact me and let me know. It would be interesting to collect data from several sites. Kim