Perseid Meteor Shower

I've heard about this meteor shower in the past but living in the city there is so much light pollution to see anything. But now that we are in my middle of no where with very little light pollution I decided to check this event out. It was a nice clear night.. so clear that you could see the Milky way. I went out about 11pm and saw about five shooting stars within a half hour. One was the best shooting start I had ever seen. It lasted at least six seconds and went from east to west across the sky. I really thought this one was going to hit the Earth.. must have been really big but it lite up the sky as it burnt out. Went back out about midnight and saw a few more and then again at 1am (they say from 1 to 5 is the best time to watch). I saw about seven shooting stars within 15 minutes. I was too tired to continue and I had seen about 20 meteors. So for my first meteor shower that's not too bad.. next year I should have a Perseid Meteor Shower party.