During the last week or so Christchurch has been quite seismically active. Last night we had a 5.1 magnitude earthquake. It was quite the ride for your senses. I woke up at 5:39 am to my bed shaking, door creaking and the faint realization the this quake was way bigger than any of the other ones we have had so far. It didn't do any damage to the city but it was really cool to feel. This site shows you all of the recent seismic activity in NZ: http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html
In the past week I think that I walked just about every major sidewalk and several of the lesser traveled ones in CHCH. It all started with a search for a candy thermometer. You see...we want to make lemon drop hard candies and in order to do so we need a proper thermometer. We also have no interest in spending $36 on one...so one of the girls and I went to every store that sells anything remotely close to housewares or cooking supplies within about 3 miles of where we live. That search was eventually successful with the purchase of a less expensive thermometer but to be honest, we really did walk a lot. A few days later we decided that a road trip was a good idea so we walked to the visitors center (about 3 miles away) to get maps and guides of the area we planned to visit and got lost while trying to find a store to buy sleeping bags. With all of the rebuilding going on is CHCH there are lots of areas that are blocked off or just restrict all pedestrian traffic. 4 hours and roughly 12 miles later we set foot in our apartments with sleeping bags and plenty of maps.
We rented bunks in a cabin and a bright red car for the weekend andI plan to take lots of pictures so that I can share the splendor of the Moeraki boulders with you all.
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