It's an Excellent Part of Planet Earth. Start a Few Miles South of Eureka on Highway 101.
MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/JUXBSKjDWsqoiqYTA
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| The Bridge at Fernbridge Humboldt County, California |
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| MAP of Humboldt County, CA Fernbridge at Highway 101 & 211 |
Take a Right at the End of the Off Ramp and Drive to the Humboldt Creamery. Take a Right onto #211 and Drive Over the Bridge.
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| Driving over the Bridge at Fernbridge, CA - Humboldt Creamery on the Right |
Not much water in the EEL River.
Drought and the Banks have turned Green...
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| Looking Upstream EEL River - On the Bridge at Fernbridge |
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| Looking Downstream EEL River - On the Bridge at Fernbridge |
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| Looking Straight Ahead on the Bridge at Fernbridge - CA 211 |
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| Dairy Farms On the Road to Ferndale. CA 211 in the EEl River Valley |
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| Closeup of the Sign for the Redwood Ag Club |
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| Another Sign for the Redwood Ag Club |
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| Cows in the EEL River Valley. Bear River Casino on the Hill |
Entering Ferndale:
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| Ferndale Community Church |
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| Pink Dollhouse on the Main Street of Ferndale |
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| The Main Street of Ferndale |
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| Duane Flatmo's Fire Breathing Dragon Kinetic Sculpture |
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| Duane Flatmo, The Artist, Changing Tires on the Dragon |
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| The Victorian Inn in Ferndale Turn Right Here onto Ocean Avenue In Order to Travel to The Lost Coast.
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| Make a Right Turn onto Ocean Avenue. |
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| Make a Left Turn off of Ocean Ave. onto Wildcat Ave and Mattole Road to Capetown Petrolia ~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~ If You Simply Continue on Ocean Ave You Will Visit The Centerville Beach Park. an Excellent Adventure Itself!
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Continuing On Highway #211 towards
Capetown and Petrolia
Going Up Wildcat Ave...
It Looks Like This for Miles!
On the Right, Just Past Camelot Lane
is the Copper Doctor Factory.
They Make Copper Chain Bracelets
FOR HEALTH!
They've Been Selling Bracelets for 20 Years...
A Locked Gate and a Long Road to
a Marijuana Farm? Who Knows!
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| A View of the Pacific Ocean at Capetown. Look! There's the Road We Will be Driving On In a Minute! Down There Next to That Farm. |
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| Watch Out! There's a pig in the Middle of the Road |
We Encounter the Dark Redwood Forest.
When driving from a Sunny Meadow
When driving from a Sunny Meadow
to the Dark Forest, a Person's Eyes
Take a Moment to Get Used to
the Low Light Conditions...
Basically, You are Driving BLIND...
Just Keep on Going Straight and Don't Brake!
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| Pacific Ocean - Sugarloaf Island |
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| Inviting Pullout asking Me to Stop, Park and Enjoy the View of the Black Sand Beach. That is NOT a Boat in the Water. It's a Rock. |
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| More Big Black Rocks in the Pacific Ocean. It's Like this For a Mile... or Maybe Five!   Viewed from the Beach Side  
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The Rancher Saves Money by Not
Having to Fence the Ocean Side...
Going Up into The Mountains.
Now Entering Petrolia:
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| Petrolia General Store and Fire Station |
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| Mattole Valley Community Center |
Founded in 1975, the Mattole Valley Community Center (MVCC) has occupied this renovated old schoolhouse since 1978. The MVCC is home to many activities.
Inside - Concert
The local preschool started here. In the aftermath of the major 1992 earthquakes, the building served as the emergency response center for the Red Cross, FEMA, and the Office of Emergency Services. The main offices of the Mattole Restoration Council are housed upstairs.
Cabaret evenings of local musical and acting talent raise money for local non-profits and are a vibrant MVCC tradition. Community organizations regularly meet here. Important recent meetings addressed the Marine Life Protected Area designation, fire-safe planning and a proposed wind energy project.
The Sunday Farmers’ Market (11am-1pm) and Sunday café currently are a popular weekly gathering spot for community members. Classes and practices include yoga, dance, Zumba, qi-gong, and aikido. Fund-raising festivals and private parties are held both inside and out. Young children enjoy the playground.
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| Farmer's Market |
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| Mattole School |
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| Bridge over Mattole River |
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| Looking Downstream at the Mattole River |
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| Looking Upstream at the Mattole River |
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| Driving Parallel to the Mattole River |
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| Going Up into the Mountains of the Mateel. The Remote Wooded Area Between The Mattole River and The EEL River.  |
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| Another Shadow of the Dark Woods. |
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| Six Farms on this Dirt Road |
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| Rangers Home at the Arthur W. Way County Park |
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and Right on the River is a Presbyterian Campground |
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| Mattole Campground and Retreat Center Swimming in the River |
and we are about HALFWAY From Ferndale to the Avenue of the Giants!
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Cross Made Out of Two Telephone Poles at the Mount Saint Mercy Sobriety Retreat. Somewhere between Petrolia and Honeydew... When I took this Picture the Wind was Blowing the Clouds Around... It was Quite Exciting to be on the Top of the World...   |
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| Honeydew General Store and that's the End of the Google Street View of Highway 211 to The Avenue of the Giants. They Took The Wilder Ridge Road Until they Got to The Beaver Ridge Big Rig Shortcut, Then They Gave UP and Stopped Filming!  |
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| Like the Old Sailors Maps, "Here be Monsters" The Uncharted Road in Rural Humboldt County. |
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| Honeydew Day Use Area - Creek and Deer |
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| Marijuana Farm Busted near Honeydew, CA |
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| Satellite Image of Honeydew and the Mattole Road to the Avenue of the Giants |
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| Bull Creek Cemetery Woods near Honeydew, CA |
Blue Slide Day Use Area
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| Big Trees Day Use Area near Honeydew, CA |
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| Rockefeller Loop Trail near the Avenue of the Giants |
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| Looking Up at the Redwood Trees |
Roads (From Left to Right) The Avenue of the Giants, Highway 101, Road to Honeydew, Petrolia, the Lost Coast and Ferndale.
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| Intersection of 211 and the Avenue of the Giants. Underneath The Freeway 101 |
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| EEL River as Seen from the Avenue of the Giants. Sandbar on the Left is Overflow Parking for the Marathon Race. This Location is Both the Beginning and the End. |
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| Justin and Gregory Vanderlaan on the Avenue of the Giants |
Great Book: "Beyond Counterculture" - The History of the Mateel Section of Humboldt County, California...
Settled by Hippies Fleeing The Haight Ashbury section of San Francisco in the Late Sixties in order to Farm Cannabis
Beyond Counterculture is the History of the Hippies who fled The Haight Ashbury District of San Francisco and Moved to Southern Humboldt County to Earn their living farming Cannabis. Originally a Doctoral thesis.
Between the Eel and Matole Rivers, Garberville and the Lost Coast.
Mateel is a Sunny and Warm.
Once PALCO logged the area, the land was really cheap. Perfect for growing Marijuana Outdoors. This location is Not on Google Streetview.
Between the Eel and Matole Rivers, Garberville and the Lost Coast.
Mateel is a Sunny and Warm.
Once PALCO logged the area, the land was really cheap. Perfect for growing Marijuana Outdoors. This location is Not on Google Streetview.
Beyond Counterculture: The Community of Mateel
Paperback – June, 1990 by Jentri Anders.
another way to get there...
Travel North From San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge on Highway 101... Using Exit 663, Turn Onto the Avenue of the Giants at Dyerville. Take a Left Going Towards Honeydew (you drive under Highway 101). Follow the Lower Bull Creek Flats Road to the Mattole Road. Follow it on to Honeydew, Petrolia, The Lost Coast, Ferndale and then Fernbridge...
more to come later... I'm taking a break...
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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...
My Father liked to Travel with the people from the Willow Glen Senior Center. They had a Sign up sheet for a Bus Ride to Bear River Casino near Eureka. He'd Call me and I'd meet him there and we'd go drive around Humboldt County... Doing Tourist Fun Stuff... Then they Toured the Loleta Cheese Factory and Watched the Christmas Truck Parade... He did a Lot of traveling with the UC Berkeley Alumni Club. That would be a dozen tourists and a Tour Guide that Spoke the Language and Knew the History of the Place... He went to Odessa, Ukraine and Copper Canyon Mexico... Really handy having a Guide that made everything work smoothly...
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A man I knew had plastic surgery on his stomach to make it smaller... so he would lose weight... because he thought he was too fat... now he looks terrible... as if he's starving... unhealthy... thin... Wasting Away...
FOLKS: Be Happy Being Fat! or Be Happy Being Thin! Unless you are extremely fat or Extremely Thin... Then go see a Real Doctor for some Valid Advice... DO NOT Go to a Plastic Surgeon first. Their recommendation will always be "buy surgery from me!" The Man I know Lives and Works in Hollywood... and the Brainwashing has Totally Fried His Understanding of Reality...
My feeling about being "overweight" is: My Ancestors Lived in Holland and Scotland. Starving to Death in the Winter was a Major Problem. Therefore, We carried a Layer of FAT on Our Bodies to use During Those Months When Food Was Scarce... We The Fat People Survived, and Had Children... Passing on the "Fat Gene" to My Great Grandparents... What Right Have "Others" to tell me what weight I should Be? PFBBBT!
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If you ever feel like Boycotting Koch Industries, Here's a List!
- Paper Products:
- Angelsoft, Brawny, Dixie, Mardi Gras, Quilted Northern, Soft n Gentle, Sparkle, Vanity Fair
- Wood: Georgia-Pacific (largest plywood manufacturer in US – also owns most of the paper companies above).
- Textiles & Plastics: Polarguard, Stainmaster, Dacron, Lycra, CoolMax/SolarMax, Thermolite, and more.
- Chemicals, Coal, & Oil: Crude oil processing, Flint Hills Resources, lots of other commodities handled.
- Nitrogen: One more reason to make your own fertilizer – Koch Industries produces many synthetic fertilizers.
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We at the Folsom Senior Center have a Group Sing Along Club That Not only Performs for Old People... We ARE Old People... 20 Singers and One Electric Piano. and Three Ring Binders with all the words to all those "Old Timey" Songs... I believe That we are Doing our Part to Prevent Mental Health Decay... In Folsom, CA near Sacramento.
On Mondays: 9:30–11 a.m. The Off-Key Singers; a fun and social group!
I Wonder What Event Drew Such a Large Crowd To Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. 12/29/2019... Just another Christmas Tourist Season...
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