Was reading over my coffee when suddenly the ground started shaking. Around 11:30am, there was a tremor that probably lasted under a minute. (Just looked it up - 5.41 on the Richter scale, 33 miles outside of Talkeetna.)
Went to town today. Hiked to town via a trail that goes from the Hidden Ponds development to the end of Christiansen Road, then down to Beaver Road and make a left into town - near the airport. I caught a ride in from Beaver Road (didn't even have to ask for it, she just pulled over and offered). I happily accepted since earlier, along the trail I was practically running to escape the mosquitoes.
In town, I didn't do much of anything. Ate at the West Rib, bought some veggies and peanut butter at Nagleys, got a new book at a hostel book exchange, read a bit by the river, filled up my coffee for the next two mornings.
Twinflower (Linnaea borealis)
Walked back home along the Spur, stopping first at the library, and then at Rob's house (no one was home) and then at the X-Y Lake to take a quick dip to rinse sweat and mosquito corpses off me. Finally got back home around 8:30pm, tired and a bit chilled as it had started raining and my hair was wet from the swim.
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