If you have Uhaul boxes, take them back to Uhaul. They'll take them back. Otherwise, pick a few boxes a little bigger than a case of beer or a medium sized Amazon box, set them aside, and break everything else down, and stick them in the ones you set aside.

That advice would be: https://www.darksky.org/our-work/lighting/lighting-for-citizens/my-neighbors-lighting/

Most municipalities have ordinances posted on public websites, so if you can find the specific statute, you can cite it to them when requesting them to remove or re aim the light. For city owned lights (anywhere), they'll usually remove it or move it to a different pole.

Had a few alone Christmas' in the past 20 years. Some voluntary, some not (like this year, was told NOT to come visit because of the past few days). Quite a few eventful in between.

Games help me out on that one. Huge backlog of games I've been meaning to play, holidays where I am stuck and can't visit anyone is a good excuse to check one out. Still make the phone calls that need to happen, otherwise, a great day to kick back with that game I've wanted, just like back in the day after hooking up the new NES on Christmas and playing Mario for the first time.

If you have a console or a PC, there are plenty of sales right now, grab one you want to knock out and do it!

I go up there a few times a year. A few things I've noticed. Since you are going this time of year these tips are for the Astronomy field and not the campground since it's closed.

When you park your car, turn off ALL lights. Headlights, cab lights, and cover your dashboard. Devise a cover for your head/tail lights if they flash when you lock/unlock the car. You'll want to do this if you have to get in your car for any reason after dark, the lights aren't visible and annoying the others that are observing or taking astro photos. It is by far the most common thing that happens, and there's always someone that yells "Turn off those damn lights!"

Better to just avoid being the one yelled at!

Red lights only, keep them pointed down and as dim as possible. If you are taking a camper to be a little warmer in, cover all of the windows and don't open the door with white lights on. If you are tenting, stick to red lights in the tent, white will light up the field like a bright lamp.

Hand/toe warmers are your friend, sometimes even in warmer months, it gets chilly up there in the summer.

Be ready for cold hands after using the bathroom and washing your hands, the water isn't heated. But, they have air dryers that don't take too long to warm up.

Whether you are taking pictures or just looking with binoculars, bring some way to deal with dew/frost. It dews up very quickly there. There are cheap dew heaters for camera lenses that use a USB power bank that you can grab on Amazon (look for the SVBony one, it's adjustable so it doesn't melt your camera lens).

Some people with visual telescope setups (no cameras) may let you look through their telescope. Walk around a bit during the day and ask questions, people are generally friendly, at least in my experiences up there. Although with it being chilly and a holiday week, I don't suspect the astronomy field will be very populated.

On the field, there are no campfires for cooking. You can take a small propane grill but try not to cook anything greasy or with a lot of smoke, it can coat the optics of peoples setups and is a pain to clean.

Enjoy what you see!

Verizon gets full bars at the park itself, but just a few miles away, it gets patchy.

If you are just looking to play in a duplex, consider getting an electronic kit. I live in a duplex and when I do play, I use headphones if I know the neighbor is home. No complaints here! Roland's mesh sets are decent, they feel like a real kit. Electronic kits also have the flexibility to hook up to games such as Clone Hero too, in case you have interest in that.

I just wish they'd find a way to optimize it. For roads, there are certain things that need to happen. For example, the road surface at the Highland park interchange needs to sit for 30 days before it can be driven on, so it can cure. I just wish they'd find a way to get to that much, much faster. The destruction side of it, ripping out the old stuff, should be super fast (and I assume fun for the crew). The reconstruction side could afford to be much faster though (even with the necessary curing time).