North Star

So I just drove down to the end of the peninsula where I live - it's very dark out there and the stars are really bright. I was looking for the aurora but nothing yet. I heard there was a great show the other night. But I looked to see if I could find the North Star, and then I did and it was almost directly overhead. Something about that really struck me, like, hey I'm not at the Cabin anymore... cause when I look for it there it's much lower in the sky...