Drive to Nenana and..destruction
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Today mom and I drove to Nenana (about an hour away) to see the tripod on the river for the Nenana Ice Classic before the river breaks up (it would have been cool to see it break up, but that would take some crazy luck lol). The watchman said he thought there was a day or two to go before it broke up. I have two guesses for today, tomorrow, and one for Tuesday, so hopefully it'll break up then haha. I love this game :P
This morning Denise called me in tears saying Becky's son Keith got high and then trashed the bookstore early this morning. He's been having issues, but I was still shocked to hear what he did..he knocked over bookshelves, tore down the camera wires from the ceiling so the camera couldn't record him (which luckily failed, they have a video of him. He was crawling on the thin pipes by the ceiling to get to the wires!), threw books everywhere, smashed plant pots and a glass cabinet, destroyed the water cooler, etc. Amazingly enough, someone was riding by on their bike and heard a crash, and called the police when he saw what was going on. Keith had barricaded himself in, but opened the door when he saw the police and said everything was fine because he worked there (WTF). The police eventually got rid of the barricade and Tased Keith, but it still took three officers to get him down and handcuff him. Wow. Becky's out of town, so that makes it even worse for her. As bad at it was though, it could have been worse..the sprinkler system didn't go off (he could have set it off since he was crawling around up there) and he didn't set anything on fire, which would have been a total loss in either case. There's a lot of clean up to do, but we can rebuild and replace what was damaged (as Cherry's friend Wilson said, "things must improve"). Mom and I stopped by after we got back from Nenana..a lot had been cleaned up already, but the pics Denise showed me were awful and sad..why would he want to destroy our awesome bookstore?? I hope he gets some help..wow (he's in jail right now, and definitely not allowed at the bookstore anymore). We will rebuild!!!

It's meltinggg (you can't see in the pic, but the flag has "2017" written on it)

The Tanana River at Nenana, where the Tanana and Nenana Rivers come together..confused yet?? ;) LOL

The tripod is connected to a clock at this tower..it has to move 100 feet downriver before it stops the clock. This is where the watchman hangs out too lol

April 29: Buzz

My phone buzzes when Pokemon show up LOL
April 30: Dreaded

NOOOO I HATE GOING TO THE DENTIST D:
April 1: Humorous
April 2: Morning
April 3: Shine
April 4: Fill the Frame
April 5: Contours
April 6: Woodland Scene
April 7: Spider
April 8: A Spiral
April 9: Heroic
April 10: Happy 100 Days
April 11: Wall Art
April 12: My Favorite Color
April 13: Say Cheese
April 14: Landing
April 15: What I'm Reading
April 16: Easter
April 17: What's Missing?
April 18: April Showers
April 19: Center
April 20: Colorful Trees
April 21: Where I Stand
April 22: Fibonacci in Nature
April 23: Kitchen Art
April 24: Embrace
April 25: Innocence
April 26: Sidelight
April 27: Bokeh
April 28: A City Building
April 29: Buzz
April 30: Dreaded
This morning Denise called me in tears saying Becky's son Keith got high and then trashed the bookstore early this morning. He's been having issues, but I was still shocked to hear what he did..he knocked over bookshelves, tore down the camera wires from the ceiling so the camera couldn't record him (which luckily failed, they have a video of him. He was crawling on the thin pipes by the ceiling to get to the wires!), threw books everywhere, smashed plant pots and a glass cabinet, destroyed the water cooler, etc. Amazingly enough, someone was riding by on their bike and heard a crash, and called the police when he saw what was going on. Keith had barricaded himself in, but opened the door when he saw the police and said everything was fine because he worked there (WTF). The police eventually got rid of the barricade and Tased Keith, but it still took three officers to get him down and handcuff him. Wow. Becky's out of town, so that makes it even worse for her. As bad at it was though, it could have been worse..the sprinkler system didn't go off (he could have set it off since he was crawling around up there) and he didn't set anything on fire, which would have been a total loss in either case. There's a lot of clean up to do, but we can rebuild and replace what was damaged (as Cherry's friend Wilson said, "things must improve"). Mom and I stopped by after we got back from Nenana..a lot had been cleaned up already, but the pics Denise showed me were awful and sad..why would he want to destroy our awesome bookstore?? I hope he gets some help..wow (he's in jail right now, and definitely not allowed at the bookstore anymore). We will rebuild!!!

It's meltinggg (you can't see in the pic, but the flag has "2017" written on it)

The Tanana River at Nenana, where the Tanana and Nenana Rivers come together..confused yet?? ;) LOL

The tripod is connected to a clock at this tower..it has to move 100 feet downriver before it stops the clock. This is where the watchman hangs out too lol

April 29: Buzz

My phone buzzes when Pokemon show up LOL
April 30: Dreaded

NOOOO I HATE GOING TO THE DENTIST D:
April 2: Morning
April 3: Shine
April 4: Fill the Frame
April 5: Contours
April 6: Woodland Scene
April 7: Spider
April 8: A Spiral
April 9: Heroic
April 10: Happy 100 Days
April 11: Wall Art
April 12: My Favorite Color
April 13: Say Cheese
April 14: Landing
April 15: What I'm Reading
April 16: Easter
April 17: What's Missing?
April 18: April Showers
April 19: Center
April 20: Colorful Trees
April 21: Where I Stand
April 22: Fibonacci in Nature
April 23: Kitchen Art
April 24: Embrace
April 25: Innocence
April 26: Sidelight
April 27: Bokeh
April 28: A City Building
April 29: Buzz
April 30: Dreaded