Earthquakes ....

I think about things a lot, from earthquakes to aliens, weather to sunbathing on a nude beach, and from getting my nails done to what will we have for dinner. Now I was kidding about the nails getting done though. Sometimes you just have to throw out things like that from time to time, to see if anyone was paying attention. I have been fascinated with earthquakes, tectonic plates, super volcano's and the chaos it generates. It is amazing to me just how fragile, and at the same time how resilient our world is.

I do actually have an earthquake website I visit and an E-mail notification service to be one of the first to know when the big one strikes. Being one of the first to know, even though I imagine those lucky people at "ground zero", would have the slight advantage in the notification department. I witnessed an earthquake years ago, well found out later that it was, let me explain.

My wife and I spent a few days with other family members in a little town called Idylwild California, a beautiful town actually, elevation 7,000 ft. From the top of this mountain you could walk out to the edge of the property and look down upon the valley below. On a clear day ( free of Los Angeles smog)  you could see the Pacific ocean glimmering in the distance. The cabin was one of a kind, and in order to gain access, you had to walk over a little bridge onto the porch of the second floor. Not like a lot of cabins this one was octagonal, with a huge fireplace as the center piece. The lower floor contained the bedrooms, and each elevation was surounded by a wrap around porch. This was a place you could deffinatley hang out especially during the summer. It was a small  town with it's quaint shops and restaurants, pine trees, and secluded enough so you could actually just sit back and relax.

Our bedroom was very cozy, queen size bed, wood paneling, nice picture window, and a huge down filled comforter on the bed . If you took that same comforter and covered your head with it, no one would know you were there until they sat on you. On those cold mornings you would hesitate to climb out of the warmth and onto the cold wooden floors. We  enjoyed our quiet time and wasn't in to big of a hurry to join the rest of the family out in the kitchen on most mornings.

When my wife and I finally made it out to where the family was, all of them wanted to know if we felt that earthquake? "what earthquake"? They all looked kind of puzzled at My wife and I, and we just shrugged our shoulders. My father in law couldn't understand how we didn't feel the cabin shaking, and hear the boulders tumbling outside. I told my wife later I thought it was just us. she just smiled and told me not to say a word.

have a nice day 


Rick Delaney