Last Days---a little late

Nothing but trouble with the net for two days...Super 8 in Crescent City was so slow that I could not post, and then at my daughter's the wireless was down!  Got home and got busy.  All of this is not an excuse, but a sorta reason.

Drive from Yachats was beautiful.  I do love the Oregon coast.  Sienna and I stopped at a little quilt shop in Brookings.  Crossed into California, where there is apparently not an agricultural check station any more.  And so on the Crescent City.

 I had decided to stay in Crescent City because I wanted to see the place where the tsunami of 2011 hit land so disastrously.  I remember seeing on TV scenes of the boats being destroyed by the waves.  There doesn't seem to be any evidence of the tsunami now, and all was peaceful and scenic.

Leaving Crescent City after a wonderful breakfast at the Northwoods Restaurant, we were off down 101 toward Santa Rosa.  We soon came upon a whole bunch of cars on the side of the road. We saw why, a herd of elk calmly grazing next to the road.  They looked fat and healthy, and were certainly a sight to see.

My favorite jewelry factory

The Plaza in the center of Arcata

              We stopped in Arcata to visit the Holly Yashi jewelry factory (think Christmas presents) and then walked around downtown Arcata.  A strange place, no doubt...although there is a nice quilt shop called Fabric Temptations.  Sorry, Sienna, but that was the last quilt shop.








A common sight along the Oregon and California are tsunami warning signs, with evacuation routes posted!  My question is, "How would you know?" although I did see some warning sirens like the old air attack sirens I remember as a kid in Los Angeles.




Stopped in Ukiah for coffee at Schat's Bakery, then finally made it to Santa Rosa.  My daughter Surani took us on a tour of her house, which is being "deconstructed" and redone.  Down to the bare studs, as you can see.