Housing Subdivisions With a Waterway to Dock Your Boat in Back and a Motorway to Park Your Car In Front. Satellite Pictures... King Salmon, Venice, Marina Del Ray, Discovery Bay, Tahoe Keys and Delta Cove

 

Map of King Salmon...
Just South of Eureka, California
Link:
  https://goo.gl/maps/nx5HS2NJvkzmcd749

King Salmon, CA Closeup Satellite View

King Salmon Satellite View
Including Gills Restaurant and PG&E
and That Very Gentle Beach for Wading.

Venice California - canals - satellite view
https://goo.gl/maps/fSbZNqaxZ4oBP4RB9

Marina Del Rey Apartments
With Boat Docks near Venice
https://goo.gl/maps/P5xvX49qKtTzaoK79

Discovery Bay in the Sacramento River Delta Area

Delta Coves Subdivision Planned Boat Community
NO HOUSES YET!
in the Sacramento River Delta Area

and... Tahoe Keys - South Shore Lake Tahoe... 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/acPtPG39529dw1y29

There is growing concern about the spread of aquatic invasive and nuisance plant species which cover over 90 percent of the Tahoe Keys lagoons. Despite the considerable management and financial investment of the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association (TKPOA) to control this problem, weeds continue to spread and management costs continue to mount.

https://tahoekeysweeds.org/

Virtual Journeys: Travel Without Leaving Home

Virtual Avenue of the Giants Tour. “Drive” thru the Giant Redwood Trees… Beautiful Humboldt County, California, USA

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2024/01/virtual-avenue-of-giants-humboldt-co.html

Photographs of a Journey to the Headwaters Forest – Now a State Reserve… Near Eureka, CA – Plus The Story of How It Came To Be!

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/04/two-pinecones-in-humid-weather-and.html

Rainbow Gathering July 1-7, 2024 Will Be In CALIFORNIA… Exact Location To Be Revealed June 15th… and As Soon as I Know, I’ll Post Driving Directions and Maps Here…

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/12/rainbow-gathering-2023.html

Duane Flatmo Murals in Eureka, California – As they were being Painted – and the Kinetic Sculpture Race – An Art Tourists Delight!

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2021/06/duane-flatmo-murals-in-eureka.html

JET SETTERS: When Will They Ever Learn? Causing Air Pollution and Climate Change is No Longer “Totally Groovy”

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/06/do-not-fly-on-jet-airplanes-you-all.html

Carson Mansion – Zipper Carnival Ride – Fireworks – Eureka California – Kinetic Sculpture Race – Photographs from California’s Rugged North Coast

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/10/carson-mansion-zipper-carnival-ride.html

Travel Causes Climate Change – JUST DON’T GO! Burning Gasoline in Cars to Go to Grandma’s House? That’s CRAZY!

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/11/stop-climate-change.html

Virtual Journey: Eureka, Arcata, Trinidad – Visit Northern California’s Coast. We Have Our Own Little World Here Behind The Redwood Curtain!

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/05/eureka-arcata-trinidad.html

Virtual Journey: New York: Excellent Places to Go! Autobiography…

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/06/virtual-journey-new-york.html

Virtual Journey: Canada Tourist Guide & Autobiography. Excellent Places to Visit…

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/05/canada-tourist-guide.html

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

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/04/highway-299-virtual-journey.html

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.

LINK: 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.

LINK: 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!

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/04/journey-to-san-francisco.html

More than a century ago, a railroad was constructed to shuttle passengers and redwood logs between San Francisco and Humboldt Bay.

Now the since-abandoned train track could be transformed into a 307-mile pathway through remote, wild country along California’s North Coast, a move advocates hope will create a world-class outdoors destination and jump-start the economy.

The Great Redwood Trail moved closer to realization this week with the release of a document mapping out the planning, construction and management of the trail in Mendocino, Trinity and Humboldt counties, or the northern portion of the envisioned path. Segments in Sonoma and Marin counties will be planned separately.
“I would put it in the category of the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail — these large, landscape-scale trails that provide an experience for people to see areas that they just would never have access to otherwise,” said Caryl Hart, chair of the California Coastal Commission and board member of the Great Redwood Trail Agency, which is tasked with developing the path.

If realized, the project would be the longest so-called rail trail in the country, generally following the defunct track through towering redwoods and along rushing rivers teeming with salmon. The relatively flat trail would accommodate hikers, bikers and horseback riders while potentially providing an economic infusion to small towns struggling amid the decline of logging and rise of legal cannabis.

Officials say it’s probably 20 years away from completion but will move forward section by section.

Virtual Journey: West Coast USA - A Drive North From San Francisco on Highway #1 and #101 - Photos and Maps of the Pacific Ocean, Redwood Trees... Plus Links to Many Other Virtual Journeys!

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco as Viewed From Marin County... 

Click on the Pictures to See Them Bigger!

The Lone Sailor sculpture Marin County, CA. 

Rest stop near the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County. We always Stop Here when Driving North because of the Great View of the Bridge and City... and We Can Finally Relax because WE ESCAPED THE CITY! and We're Going Home... 

 

https://goo.gl/maps/5JFtfWDxWTwMKSwf8

Map: H. Dana Bowers Rest Area & Vista Point 

Robin Williams Tunnel in Marin County on Highway 101 going North from San Francisco

Marin County Courthouse Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

The Highway #1 Exit from Highway #101... 

Muir Beach in Marin County, CA 

Map of Muir Beach and Muir Woods

Path in Muir Woods. Marin County, CA

Sign announcing Muir Woods

Slice of Redwood Tree showing Significant Dates in Human History.

View from the Top of Mount Tamalpais

Stinson Beach - Marin County, CA - Bolinas Bay

Hand Painted map of Marin County CA

Olema, California Crossroads... near Point Reyes...

Song: Hippie From Olema #5 -- Youngbloods 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OimAEdj7Qa0

Link to the Map of Olema...

https://goo.gl/maps/UhPGBr7ShNLyTRBGA

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many more photographs to upload

but I'm Done for today!

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OTHER Virtual Journeys!

LINK: Set of Photographs of a Drive from San Francisco to Santa Cruz on Highway #1... 

Sutro Tower... Located In San Francisco: High on a Hill in the Center of the City, It Broadcasts ALL forms of Wireless Signals... TV, AM Radio, FM Radio, Police Radio, Military and Cell Phones... It has a Line of Sight Visibility from My Father's House in Los Gatos, CA - 50 Miles Away.

Another View of Sutro Tower... Taken from the Beach at the End of Judah Street.

LINK: Set of Photos of Our Journey From Arcata, CA to a Cabin in the Woods of Mendocino... Hand Built by a Friend... Whole Lotta Hippies Live in those Woods!

Pacific Ocean Near FT Bragg

Back Deck on a Mendocino Cabin

LINK: Photos of the Yurok Loop Trail - Wetland near the Klamath River in Northern California - and Photos of the Golden Bear on the Klamath River Bridge on Highway 101 (near Oregon)

LINK: Virtual Journey: Eureka, Arcata, Trinidad - Visit Northern California's Coast. We Have Our Own Little World Here Behind The Redwood Curtain!

Duane Flaymo Mural showing The Pink Lady House and other Victorian Mansions in Eureka.

St. Francis of the Redwoods Mural in Willits.

On Highway 101 Half Way Between 

Santa Rosa and Eureka.

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PBS had a TV Show Called "Great Drives" - Actress Teri Garr Drove the Pacific Coast Highway from The Start South of San Diego all the Way North to Fort Bragg... Worth Watching! a Beautiful Woman in a Convertible Sports Car on the Most Beautiful Road EVER! That's Entertainment!

I Can't Find a Free Copy Online... Sorry! 

But Here is a Drone Video of Highway 101... 

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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.

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/05/canada-tourist-guide.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!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/04/highway-299-virtual-journey.html

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!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/04/journey-to-san-francisco.html

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... 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/05/virtual-journey-smithsonian.html

Our MILL CREEK TRIP with the Save the Redwoods League. 2002 - The League Bought some land and turned it into a Human Free Zone. Near CRESCENT CITY California... HSU Biology Classroom.

It was sunny and cool on California's North Coast Yesterday (12/7/02). We drove my mom's 1975 Plymouth Valiant north from Eureka and had a pleasant journey on Highway 101. Stopped to take pictures of the ocean and the Redwood Sculpture shops on the way. Saw a herd of ELK relaxing near a freeway onramp. There were 10 ELK sitting on the grass right next to the freeway. We found the meeting place with ease. My dad is a member of the Save the Redwoods League and he gave us the invitation to the event. 

Redwoods Rising: HSU Students restoring forestlands.

Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H92SkAwUpYY

HSU and the College of the Redwood students are working with Save the Redwoods League, the National Park Service, and California State Parks to restore the ecological diversity of the world’s tallest forests while gaining practical research experience.

I find that the MAIN contributor was Paul G Allen of Microsoft corporation. The league purchased a large piece of land at MILL CREEK (3 miles south of Crescent City). There were 50 people there at the dedication ceremony. Park rangers, a photographer from the local paper, league members, Humboldt State University Professors, students and VIPs from ecology organizations. 

The rangers opened the GATE and we all drove to an abandoned SAWMILL. The Stimson lumber company had a HUGE SAWMILL AND OFFICE BUILDING COMPLEX there. It is a ghost town now. There were 4 GIANT buildings,10 small office buildings and 2 HUGE parking lots. 

We listened to speeches by the rangers and ECO-leaders. They talked a lot about the Salmon in the creek. This entire area is off-limits to the public. The rangers say that they have NO MONEY for paying rangers salaries so they JUST KEEP THE GATE LOCKED. It seems that there is no possibility that the public will be allowed to visit this area anytime soon. 

We then drove on a dirt road to the top of a mountain and listened to more speeches. I drove and we took 2 people in the back seat. He was a "SOIL" teacher at Humboldt State and she was a student. In the forestry department at school they study DIRT and he is an expert. NOT KIDDING!!! At the top of the mountain there were large areas that had been logged. You could see exactly where the private land ended and the park land started. 

We could see the ocean. One ironic fact of life... Logging roads allow people to drive to beautiful places with fantastic views. Clearcutting the forest removes the trees that block the view. We both took lots of photographs. The rangers are concerned about the roads washing away and the dirt ending up in the creeks. Salmon hate dirt in the water. There is little money to maintain the logging roads and they will just wash away... 

The piles of burnt stumps will wash into the water also. There is no plan for the Stimpson Lumber company to clean up their mess. I could see mudslides across the valley. After an area has been clearcut, the rain is no longer absorbed by the tree's branches. This causes parts of the mountain to just slide downhill into the creek. I'm really comfortable with leaving the gate closed at the beginning of the road. High school classes can take field trips there. Researchers can still enter and count fish.

However, the area will be a "HUMAN-FREE" zone for most of the time. Eventually the buildings and the roads will rust and become dirt again. After we finished with the visit to the MILL CREEK property. We drove North to Crescent City. 

We stopped at the beach and watched 10 surfers riding small beautiful waves. Long rides on gentle waves. Victoria says it would be a good place to learn surfing. The sun was setting behind a giant rock in the water. I walked across the street to photograph sculptures of American Indians done in Redwood. 4 foot tall portraits of an Indian face wearing a wolf's head hat. There was a double decker hippy bus that had a tye-dye shirt business. 

Then we drove thru town looking for the WAL-MART. Eureka does not have a WAL-MART store so it's a required stop of any trip to Crescent City. We bought some jeans for Vic and some VCR movies and left quickly. Both of us felt claustrophobic and anxious in the store. Then we stopped in a gas station. GAS IS 30 CENTS A GALLON CHEAPER THERE. It is another example of a corrupt RACKET. What makes gas cost $1.85 in Eureka and $1.55 in CC ? One of the things that we learned from the Park Rangers was that they are experiencing budget problems and the State of California wants them to give money back. 

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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.

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/05/canada-tourist-guide.html

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!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/04/highway-299-virtual-journey.html

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!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/04/journey-to-san-francisco.html

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... 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/05/virtual-journey-smithsonian.html

In my opinion, the theft of $10,000,000,000 (10 billion dollars) by PG&E is causing damage to the people of California. There ought to be a law against stealing money from the government. OH, there IS a law... It just does not apply to PG&E. I think that it is a good use of taxpayer dollars to hire Park Rangers and a waste of money to give it to PG&E. My next door neighbor says that the funding for children's mental health in Eureka has been cut 50%. She is a nurse that works for the public health system. 

When we went to vote last month, our local elementary school had posters on the wall that said it had won an award for excellence. They got a certificate from the State of California saying that they did good work. HOWEVER, the State has no money to award the school. There ought to be a way that we could get PG&E to give the money back. KIDNAPPING THE CEO might work... AN ARMED INVASION of the corporate office WITH MACHINE GUNS might work... Then we drove home. It was night and we stopped at the side of the road at "big lagoon" state park. The moon was reflected on the water of the lagoon and the ocean. We could see the milky way and all the stars. It is so pretty here that often it is hard to believe that the outside world even exists... 

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Massive #ArrestTrump Movement on Social Media. Millions of Americans are Demanding That The DOJ "Lock Him UP!" Read More at:

https://sites.google.com/view/gregoryvanderlaan/Home 

Click Here to Help Defend Democracy! Post Your Own Memes, Videos and Rants! or Like and Share Mine...

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