Fun Things to do in Eureka and Arcata California - The Tallest Trees, The Finest Weed, Humboldt State University and SIX, Count 'em SIX Rivers... On Highway 101 Near Oregon... SAMBA!

Humboldt State University Samba Parade Band performing Live On Campus in Arcata, California
Samba Parade at Humboldt State University


My Brother and I at the Old Fisherman Statue in Eureka, CA
My Brother and I at Woodley Island Marina in front of
The Maritime Memorial for Sailors Lost at Sea.

The Madaket was a ferry boat that retired when they built the bridge to Samoa... Now it has narrated cruises exploring Humboldt Bay... The captain tells us the history of what we see.

Bliss Couple standing in the Bow of the Madaket
Bliss Couple standing in the Bow of the Madaket

Madaket Ferry Humboldt Bay
Scenes photographed from the boat...
Arkley House on Indian Island - Humboldt Bay

Arkley House on Indian Island - Humboldt Bay

Arkley House on Indian Island - Humboldt Bay
We discovered a "secret" beach in Fairhaven that no one ever goes to on a boatride. As we passed Fairhaven on the North Jetty, I saw the beach and a road... later I looked it up on Google Maps and figured out how to get there. We were all alone except for a man in a kayak cruising by.

Other places to visit:
The North Jetty itself. Bring sensible shoes so we can walk to the end where the dolos are... be aware that sometimes the waves are so large that it would be dangerous to walk on the jetty... but you can watch from the top of the sand dunes.


Giles by the Bay restaurant in King Salmon. It is at the end of the small peninsula that is right next to our house. The restaurant is not spectacular but I often park there to walk around and look at the house, bay, boats... There is a good swimming/wading beach there. In the afternoons in the summer the water is warm enough to swim in... It's a bay... The Ocean is simply too cold.

Trinidad: Pier, Beach and the fabulous restaurant. There is a marine life museum and classrooms from Humboldt State. A great trip as they have working example of the Hydrogen Fuel Cells invented at Schatz Laboratory HSU. They are participating in radioactivity monitoring from Fukushima. In co-operation with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
(Take the Trinidad exit off of Hwy 101, head west on Main St., turn left on Trinity St., right on Edwards St., and right on Ewing St. as the road veers left.)

I looked at both active tree-sit ecology actions. Too long of a hike to get to where they are... and in my humble opinion... How can I really get excited about protesting logging way off in the woods? It is delicate balance between providing boards for construction and saving the trees... This ecology action does not motivate me.

Mattole: There is a great drive to the end of the road... but... it's trespassing for a mile or so... and that's too far. The drive goes from the Avenue of the Giants towards the Mattole river and The Lost Coast... Ending in Victorian Ferndale. This is a road that is NOT visible on Google Streetview.  Bull Creek Flats Road... in Humboldt Redwoods State Park... to Mattole road and the town of Honeydew... Out there is a Sobriety Retreat on top of a mountain with a giant cross made from two large trees... I took a picture there and captured the spirit of that moment... close to the clouds in a big wind...

The other Tree-Sit is at Strawberry Rock near Trinidad. Take the Trinidad exit and instead of turning left and going to Trinidad, go straight  ahead at the end of the off ramp and follow the Frontage road that parallels Highway 101 all the way to the end... That's where the trail starts... Link to a map.


Mount Saint Mercy Retreat
click on the images to see them bigger

Here in Eureka, CA there is a zoo in the middle of a redwood forest. There are wild bears that live in the forest and there are bears in the cages at the zoo... If someone would just let the caged bears go they could live in the woods with the other bears... unless they have been so institutionalized by convict life that they can't survive outside of prison. Sequoia Park Zoo.


Where are the really great parties? 
Free and Wonderful Events? 
Please add your favorites to Comments section...
I would like to promote events that are free and wonderful. For Example: The Rainbow Gathering, Kinetic Sculpture Race, North Country Fair and Humboldt Folklife Festival. All we need to know is a date and a location. Please share info and I'll blog the fun things to do. If you know of an event, please comment or email me... gregvan@yahoo.com Thanks.... Here is a Link to What I've Collected So Far!






My College Painting Class on a Field Trip to Woodley Island Marina.
We took our easels and paints and created ART.

Free Concerts On HSU Campus at Noon by the Clock Tower.




"Jammers League" every performance had different players
This is a historic train in Scotia, California. A beautiful town completely owned by MAXXAM. [until they went bankrupt] Sort of like a stage set, it is entirely built of redwood lumber with columns made from entire trees with the bark intact. Come visit sometime and be sure to go on the factory tour. It is the largest building in California. MAXXAM did a corporate raider takeover using Michael Milken junk bonds and is proceeding to cut down old growth redwood as fast as possible and take all the profit and move it to Texas. After all the profitable trees are gone then it's time for bankruptcy... Just like they did with Kaiser Aluminum. and that's exactly what they did... now it's all owned by the Fisher Family [most famous for The Gap clothing stores]

Kinetic Sculpture Race. June Moxon's Cat








My Truck and the Magic Bus
near Lolita, CA


These pictures were taken behind the Bayshore Shopping Mall. Where there is a huge abandoned building that has been decorated by grafitti artists... It made me think of the CyberPunk science fiction novels by William Gibson where all the action takes place in San Francisco after the collapse of western civilization due to lack of oil. These machines would fit perfectly because they are entirely bicycle powered...


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Other Journeys

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Virtual Journey: Canada Tourist Guide & Autobiography. We Went on our Honeymoon to Vancouver, BC. We Rode a Bicycle built for Two in Stanley Park... and Many More Wonderful Places to Visit.


Virtual Journey: Eureka, Arcata, Trinidad - Visit Northern California's Coast. We Have Our Own Little World Here Behind The Redwood Curtain! https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/05/eureka-arcata-trinidad.html


Virtual Journey: Trinity Alps, CA, USA - Drive the Bigfoot Highway (299) From Arcata on the Coast to Redding in the Central Valley. White Water Rafting! Gold Rush Ghost Towns!


Virtual Journey: to the Star Wars Flying Motorcycles Redwood Forest on Hwy 36 in Remote Humboldt County, CA, USA - and the Bridgeville UFO Festival, The Town of Mad River. 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/03/virtual-journey-hwy-36-remote-humboldt.html


Virtual Journey: Lost Coast, CA, USA on Highway 211 - From Victorian Ferndale to The Beach, the Mountains of Mateel to the Avenue of the Giants. Humboldt County. 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-virtual-drive-thru-remote-humboldt.html


Virtual Journey to San Francisco - Boat Ride on the Red and White Fleet. Under the Golden Gate Bridge and Around Alcatraz Island... and MORE!

Virtual Journey: The Smithsonian and Washington DC. Instead of Buying Gasoline and Driving There, Take this Magic Trip Instead! A Guided Tour to the Places My Family Wanted to See... 

Photographs of Elfin Glen Gift Shop - Chainsaw Carvings of Redwood Trees - on Highway 101 Just South Of Eureka in Northern California - and Pictures of Antique Logging Equipment at the Timber Heritage Association Show

Gift Shop Sign Elfin Glen
on Highway 101 in Northern California
Eagle Sculpture
Eagle and Bear
Bear Chainsaw Carving
Seahorse
Sculptures of Lumberjacks Climbing a tree.


Photographs of Antique Logging Equipment in Eureka, California - Steam Driven Machines used in the Timber Industry. Including the Dolbeer Steam Donkey.

An Exhibit by the Timber Heritage Association

https://timberheritage.org/
Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Antique Tractor used to Haul Logs

Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Buffalo Springfield Paving Machine
The Band Named Themselves After a Tractor...
I Guess That Made Sense in the Sixties...


Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Machine designed to Pick Up a Log


Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Chopping Competition - Hand Ax


Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Dolbeer Steam Donkey
a Machine designed to haul logs out of the forest
replaced animal power


Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Steam Train used to haul logs


Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Dolbeer Steam Donkey
Let's use The Bark from Redwood Trees to Prevent Weeds instead of RoundUP! We use Bark in our garden and it works great. AND! It doesn't kill people... It's a One Time Cost for the Farmer and the Money is Kept within the State of California... Currently, a Giant Barge of Redwood Bark and wood chips Leaves Eureka, California Every Week headed for China... We also ship entire logs... They don't want the logs sawed up into boards because they have their own sawmills... and it's cheaper to employ Chinese Slaves to do the Work. 

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Farmers have to pay for RoundUP every year and The Costs of all those Lawsuits MUST be passed on to the Farmers and the people that buy the Food. AND! We Eat That Poison! We could have healthier Food if we just used Redwood Bark and Wood Chips to Prevent Weeds. 


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BIOMASS Electric Power Plants Could Dispose of the Millions of Dead Trees in California that are a Fire Hazard. Before we have another Disastrous Wildfire like we had in Paradise last summer, we could remove the fuel from the forests and use it to generate electricity. 

"The number of biomass plants, another option for disposing of trees, has fallen to about two dozen from 66 in the 1990s, in part due to the expiration of government price subsidies." - according to the California Energy Commission.

Why not REOPEN those unused BIOMASS plants and clean up our forests before we have a Disaster? 

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Photographs of the Avenue of the Giants - on the Eel River Humboldt County California - Chainsaw Carving of Bigfoot - Dolos make the Harbor Jetty


Mom's Car under the trees


Eel River


Chainsaw Carving of Bigfoot at the Elfin Glen Gift shop on Highway 101


July 4th Carnival


Dolos - giant Concrete Shapes
used to Make The Jetty Protecting
the Channel into Humboldt Bay


Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue OX
at the Trees of Mystery
On Highway 101
in Del Norte County


Mural of St Francis of the Redwoods
 in Willits - On Highway 101 South of Eureka

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Sculptures at the Trees Of Mystery - Roadside Attraction - Highway 101 Northern California

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue OX


Mural of Salmon at
The Forest Cafe across the street

Redwood Trees 

https://www.treesofmystery.net/


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