(You CAN fast forward to get past the Talking Heads Babbling about Nothing) Arcata, CA 2023 Kinetic Grand Championship Shania Train and Dancers another view of the Grateful Squid Grateful Squid on the Beach in Samoa IT in the Sand Dunes Grinning Slipper Goose... Trashlantis Here IT Comes! 2023 MORE PICTURES TO COME! (as soon as People Post more on Faceborg!) ~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~ Bob Doran's Photo Page: All of the The People That are Racing! Previous Years! June Moxon and a Horse Kinetic Sculpture The Hippie Pot a Mouse by Ken B. Videos and Still Photographs of the Kinetic Sculpture Race 2014 in Arcata, California. Water Wheel & Samoa Bridge in Humboldt BayMadaket Ferry and the Scaredy Cat Here's a Video from 2022: |
Duane Flatmo Changing Tires on the Dragon |
Kinetic Grand Championship: NEW PHOTOS! May 27-29, 2023. Arcata, Eureka, Ferndale. Whimsical Art Bicycles That Travel on Roads, Sand and In the Water... FOR THE GLORY!
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.
It's an Excellent Part of Planet Earth. Start a Few Miles South of Eureka on Highway 101.
MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/JUXBSKjDWsqoiqYTA
The Bridge at Fernbridge Humboldt County, California |
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.
Driving over the Bridge at Fernbridge, CA - Humboldt Creamery on the Right |
Looking Upstream EEL River - On the Bridge at Fernbridge |
Looking Downstream EEL River - On the Bridge at Fernbridge |
Looking Straight Ahead on the Bridge at Fernbridge - CA 211 |
Dairy Farms On the Road to Ferndale. CA 211 in the EEl River Valley |
Closeup of the Sign for the Redwood Ag Club |
Another Sign for the Redwood Ag Club |
Cows in the EEL River Valley. Bear River Casino on the Hill |
Ferndale Community Church |
Pink Dollhouse on the Main Street of Ferndale |
Duane Flatmo's Fire Breathing Dragon Kinetic Sculpture |
Duane Flatmo, The Artist, Changing Tires on the Dragon |
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. |
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. |
Watch Out! There's a pig in the Middle of the Road |
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. |
More Big Black Rocks in the Pacific Ocean. It's Like this For a Mile... or Maybe Five! Driftwood House on Lost Coast Viewed from the Beach Side Black Sand Beach Devils Gate |
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.
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.
Farmer's Market |
Mattole School |
Bridge over Mattole River |
Looking Downstream at the Mattole River |
Looking Upstream at the Mattole River |
Driving Parallel to the Mattole River |
Going Up into the Mountains of the Mateel. The Remote Wooded Area Between The Mattole River and The EEL River. Meadow and Woods on the Mattole Road |
Another Shadow of the Dark Woods. |
Six Farms on this Dirt Road |
Rangers Home at the Arthur W. Way County Park |
and Right on the River is a Presbyterian Campground |
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... |
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! A Dirt Road Sharp Turn was the End of the Line for Google Maps Street View... Note the Dust! |
Like the Old Sailors Maps, "Here be Monsters" The Uncharted Road in Rural Humboldt County. |
Honeydew Day Use Area - Creek and Deer |
Marijuana Farm Busted near Honeydew, CA |
Satellite Image of Honeydew and the Mattole Road to the Avenue of the Giants |
Bull Creek Cemetery Woods near Honeydew, CA |
Big Trees Day Use Area near Honeydew, CA |
Rockefeller Loop Trail near the Avenue of the Giants |
Looking Up at the Redwood Trees |
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. |
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
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.
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Other Journeys
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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
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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
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- 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).
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