Happy Birthday to ME!

May 15 was my birthday: I turned 60 this year. It seems so odd to me; I don’t feel that old – but the person who looks back at me in the mirror each morning is certainly beginning to look it. But that’s okay. I worked hard to get here, and I welcome each and every one of those years.

To celebrate this year, my partner and I packed up the car and headed up north to the little town of Talkeetna. The cabin we rented is called Trapper John’s Cabin. It doesn’t look like much, but it has actual plumbing (even a nice bathtub!) and a full kitchen and everything. It was just perfect for us.

He is such a sweetie = he had arranged to have flowers waiting on the table for me and had brought along several gifts for me to open. I got several books to read, some chocolates to munch on, some tea to drink, and the promise of a new chair for my upcoming “library”. I am well pleased with all of it.

Our usual entertainment for the evening is a movie, and I had brought several Star Trek DVDs to choose from. The cabin did have a television, but we had difficulties hooking up our portable DVD player, so ended up playing cards instead. And yes, he beat me thoroughly.

The one thing we look forward to each time we go to Talkeetna is eating breakfast at the Roadhouse! The owner is a very sweet lady named Trisha, and she is an excellent cook. The meals are always very generous and tasty. Seating in the roadhouse is … well, darn. There’s a word for it, but I can’t for the life of me remember what it is. Basically, you sit at a long table along with everybody else, whether you know them or not.

The weather was great: not too hot, not too rainy – so we decided to check out a trail that we’d always said we wanted to try. It turned out to be a very nice one – a 3.5-mile loop, very well groomed and not muddy at all. The lake was very beautiful; he was checking it out with the though of coming back one day with a fishing pole!