Fun Things to do in Eureka and Arcata, California
In Northern California Near Oregon.
My Brother and I at Woodley Island Marina in front of The Maritime Memorial for Sailors Lost at Sea.
Other places to visit:
The North Jetty. Breakwaters that Protect the Channel into Humboldt Bay From the Pacific Ocean. 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.
Mount Saint Mercy Retreat
Located Way Out In the Woods on
Highway 211 Between the Avenue of the Giants
and Historic Ferndale.
Free Concerts On HSU Campus at Noon
by the Clock Tower.
"Jammers League"
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 was 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
Graffiti on "The Shipwreck"
every performance had different students.
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...
an Abandoned Roadside Attraction near
King Salmon, CA (Just South of Eureka)
"Wake the Dead"
Pacific Ocean Near the Oregon Border in California... I used to Drive from Eureka to Brookings Every Two Weeks to buy an ounce of weed... and I stopped here every time... and I never Smoked any weed until I got home... Dangerous Driving on Highway 101... The Road was Very Bright in the Sunshiny Meadows and then Very Dark in the Redwoods... I was Driving Blind until my Eyes Adjusted...
Humboldt Folklife Festival.
Bench on campus at "Hills and Stairs University" a great place to catch your breath before the climb to Founder's Hall for class.
Bicycle Parking behind the Music Building.
Very Close to the Oregon Border in the State Of "Jefferson"
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Public Trail and Open Gate
All Species Samba Parade at the North Country Fair in Arcata CA ... The North Country Fair is an annual two-day festival held on the Arcata Plaza in Arcata, CA the third full weekend in September.
at the Creamery Building in Arcata Playhouse.
http://www.wakethedead.org/events/
Celtic Grateful Dead Music in Arcata Sept 2015
http://www.wakethedead.org/events/
Celtic Grateful Dead Music in Arcata Sept 2015
| All Species Parade in Arcata, CA |
The Sign says KAPOW! Un-Dam the Klamath
Note the Hardhats and Dynamite Blasting Plunger.
Kinetic Sculpture Race: Bicycle powered ART Vehicles. Travel from Arcata to Eureka to Ferndale over land, sea and sand. Free to attend. Bring your bicycle to ride along.
http://kineticgrandchampionship.com/
http://www.kineticsculpturelab.com/
http://kineticgrandchampionship.com/
http://www.kineticsculpturelab.com/
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| Flatmo Dragon |
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| Duane Flatmo Changing Tires on the Dragon |
This years best: Pigasus
Pigasus Support Crew
Click on the Pictures to see them Bigger
Link to Video of Star Ship Enterprise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IquyAQNupWI&feature=youtu.be
Link to Video of the Wild West Wagon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QWIh98dYs0&feature=youtu.be
Link to Video of the Giant Shark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMV6_iVsC90&feature=youtu.be
Link to Video of the Pirate Ship approaching the Manila School:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP6pCgEw_P8&feature=youtu.be
In the event of Sunshine,
the race is still ON.
What IS this? A Coal Mining Earth Eater?
Bounce Machine...
The Elf Jumps Up and Down to create forward Motion
Bicycle Power Generator converts human fat into electricity. Simply Use an Exercise Bicycle to Drive an Automobile Alternator with a Belt... Store Electricity in a Car Battery...
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| Electric Power Generator for bicycle electricity 12 VAC standard automobile battery charging system. |
What if we installed electric power generators on every exercise bicycle nationwide... We could replace coal burning power plants and help reverse global warming/climate change. These bicycles let a person spin an automobile alternator using pedal power. Built by CCAT at Humboldt State University
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| HSU Marching Lumberjacks Band on Clam Beach near Arcata, CA |
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| My Painting of a Flying Heart on a Little White Truck. The Internal Combustion Engine Was a FUN Era... But it is Killing Us. STOP! |
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| Pacific Ocean Near Trinidad, CA |
Pacific Ocean Near the Oregon Border in California... I used to Drive from Eureka to Brookings Every Two Weeks to buy an ounce of weed... and I stopped here every time... and I never Smoked any weed until I got home... Dangerous Driving on Highway 101... The Road was Very Bright in the Sunshiny Meadows and then Very Dark in the Redwoods... I was Driving Blind until my Eyes Adjusted...
Samba Parade on Campus HSU
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| Solar Oven CCAT Bart Orlando Humboldt State University Arcata California |
Student Band: YoMamma!
ALL MY CATS. 22 Photographs and Tall Tales of the Eight (8) Cats I Lived With over the Last 20 Years... I'm Not Really Into Cats BUT...
My Second Ex-Wife Loved Cats and She Kept of Bringing them Home and... I Was Tolerant But... I Never Cleaned the Litter Box or Fed Them... I DID Chase them Down and Wrestle Them, Stuff Them Into the Cat Carrier Bag So They Could Go Visit the VET.
Amelia, Meadow, Shasta, Max, Eck, Sherbet, Emma, Pongo and The Black Cat that Lived Next Door.
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| Amelia - Giant Cat and Barn. Double Exposure with a Film Camera in Chico and Cutten |
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| Meadow and Shasta in Cutten, a Suburb of Eureka... https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2021/03/all-my-cats-photographs-and-tales-of-8.html |
Where Are the Really Great Parties? Free, Wonderful Events. The Date and Location is Provided for Fun, Fun, Fun for the Whole Family... Please Add Your Favorites in the Comments Section...
I like to Promote Worthy Events. For Example: The Rainbow Gathering, Kinetic Sculpture Race, North Country Fair and Humboldt Folklife Festival. Please Share Info and I'll Blog Your Suggestions. Email me... gregvan[at]yahoo[dot]com Thanks....
Folklife Festival in Blue Lake, California - Lila Nelson and Mike Schwartz at the IOOF Hall...
A Yearly free concert in Blue Lake.
Humboldt State University a/k/a Hills and Stairs University
Sunset over Humboldt Bay.
Did you ever Notice Arcata, California? It's Simply Wonderful. A Collection of My Best Photographs and Links to Cultural Happenings... MANY FREE EVENTS!
Arcata is a Lovely town on California's North Coast about Halfway between San Francisco and Seattle
Very Close to the Oregon Border in the State Of "Jefferson"
Dancing in Central Park to the
Absynth Quintet.
My Friend Margret Playing the Conga in Central Park - Arcata, CA.
Pastels on the Plaza
Benefit for Head Start
By the PG&E power plant
along the Shoreline of Humboldt Bay.
We REALLY Need to Guard the Atomic Waste at PG&E's Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant Near Eureka California... Anyone Can Walk Right Up To The Casks and Place a Standard Bomb Under Them... Building a "Dirty Bomb."
With Insane TrumpNiks® Running Around Planting Bombs and Failing to Overthrow the US Government... This Is A REAL Threat! A Terrorist Could Walk on the Public Trail and Then We Would Have to Instantly Evacuate Eureka... For a Thousand Years... There ARE Two Chain Link Fences and a Guardhouse Protecting the Radioactive Waste from Unauthorized Visitors... So No One Can Enter Unless They Owned Wire Clippers and The Guard Was Sleeping... If There Even IS a Guard at All...
HEY! TrumpNiks® DON'T DO THIS! #MAGAKillersSUCK
It's REALLY Likely That You Will Be Arrested IF You Attempt to Visit... For ANY Reason! Even as an Internet Challenge Like #CyberPunks Do at Chernobyl.
Link to All My "No Nukes!" Gifts at Zazzle... Click Here!
The Real Solution To Problem of Atomic Energy is to Shut Down All Power Plants and Never Build any More!
F*CK YOU SHIMA!
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| Atomic Waste Casks at PGE Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant Near Eureka California |
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| Excellent Beach at King Salmon CA Here is Where You Park... So You Can Walk thru The OPEN GATE and Down the Trail That Goes Along the Shore.
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