Another nice day, intermittently sunny and foggy. No rain. We decide to drive 30 miles north and visit the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park (co-administered by the California Parks System and the National Park System). Always good to walk amongst the big boys.
We drove the whole length (30 odd miles) of the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway where you are right there with the redwoods. 25-35 mph speed limit. Lots of places to stop and take walks. And not crowded.
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The star of the show is the Big Tree.
Here are more pictures of our walks around the redwood giants. See Elaine tree hugging. See huge mushrooms growing on the trunks of some trees.
After the Redwoods, we stopped in Orick, a once thriving lumber town now reduced to just 350 odd people (and some of them are very odd). The K-8 elementary school has eight students (and two teachers). This is Elk Country and we usually see lots of elk grazing on both sides of the highway. We didn’t spot even one this year. We did stop at EdeBee’s Snack Shack for lunch. It’s been there since 1947. We found this place on our last visit, and it’s a must stop. We met the owner and the town weirdo (two different people). The weirdo will talk to you, but if you aren’t talking to him, he continues to talk anyway in conversations with imaginary people. Eventually he rode off on his bike. Elaine had a beef burger and I had an elk burger. We shared fries and onion rings.
And we met the owner of the semi-closed hardware/junk/antique store next door to the Snack Shack. He’s trying to sell it for $750,000. Good luck with that. There does seem to be a lot of neat old stuff inside, but that’s a lot of money for potential junk. He does have some neat signs in the windows. I asked him if he’d take $500K right now and he replied, “Hell, yeah”.
We stopped again in Trinidad to visit a gift shop or two. I walked around and took pictures of flowers while Elaine shopped. The last picture is from a small side road. What is it? You decide. I don’t know.
Night shots from the deck last night. Bright moon. That’s Trinidad Pier with all the lights.
Tonight we did sit on the deck with some sun and some fog. Add fog to things I don’t understand like how planes fly (yeah, yeah, aerodynamics), how big steel ships float (yeah, yeah, buoyancy), and cryptocurrency (yeah, yeah, block chains). One minute you can see the three rocks (Papa, Mama, and Baby rock). A few minutes later you can’t see Papa Rock at all. Anyway, here’s some pics. See the moon in the last picture?
Where did Papa Rock go in these two pictures? The fog bank rolled in.
Yup, those redwoods sure are big and so very old. Spectacular. Elaine, you’re quite the tree hugger!
What a cool menu at the Snack Shack. I can see why it’s a must stop, in spite of or maybe due to, the crazy customers. The junk store next door certainly does have some unique signs. Great walk-about pictures; great night shots from the deck; great moon.
You all have seen a little bit of everything this last trip in Trinidad. We always knew you both were tree huggers, right Sue? I love all the blooming flowers. A Weiler never passes up a good burger. Take care on the trip home. Love you guys, Cindy
Looks like crab traps, very clever!
Great day and photos in the big woods! Pretty sure when God isn’t living in the top of the Big Tree, he’s spending time in the beautiful flowers, great pics, Joe! And he loves tree huggers, Elaine, just as “we” good nature guys all do! While we’re on the subject of life’s mysteries, I’d like to add the mysteries of electricity, radio waves, microwaves, and WiFi!
Love the old trees. Have fun on the Xmas cruise!