Healy

I went down to Seward, Alaska for a short vacation this week, and woke up to a 5.5 magnitude earthquake just after 4 a.m. Saturday morning. True story about the earthquake: I was in the middle of a dream when I suddenly heard the song "Rock The Boat" playing as someone grabbed my left wrist. I then woke up to hear something rattling in the hotel room, and before I could think of who I was, where I was, or what to do, the earthquake stopped.

After staying a few days in Healy, Alaska, accompanied by some long rain storms, I drove back to Talkeetna this morning. I hadn't thought about it too much, but when I looked up in all of the mountains I saw the same thing: snow.

This morning's sunrise led to some incredible views. I stayed at a bed and breakfast named "Denali Lakeview Inn" (which I highly recommend), and had these incredible views from my room and the deck outside the room:

This next one is my favorite:

September 11, 2007. On a very cold and windy night in Healy, Alaska, the sky has gone crazy. Here are two of many pictures that don't look much like things on planet Earth to me.

Here's the second one: