Here is one the antique houses that you can find in Eureka. It was one of the logging companies owners main residence. The shipping industry had decreased, so to keep his workers busy, he had them build a house. It is now private clubhouse.

One of the barges that helps transport the redwood trees up and down the coast. You should have seen the little tug boat that was pulling this big barge.

Maria, Heather and I on the boat today.

This is Indian Island, which is a sacred ground for the Whinot tribe. The white spots on the ground is not gravel or stone, but oyster and clam shells. At least that is what the tour guide told us.

On Sunday we decided to take a boat tour of Humboult Bay, this is where we left from.

As we were leaving we got to see two elk crossing the road.

Okay, so then I decided to climb in and amongst about three or four different fallen trees.

So this is why the canyon was previously closed. A number of trees had fallen down from the top and you now had to climb up and over or under. Sometime we had to walk across small logs that were in the water and everything. Not bad, only a few panic attacks when slipping around.

The walls on both sides of the canyon are covered in ferns. Hence the name Fern Canyon.

This is entering Fern Canyon. This was the third time that we tried to go to the conyon. The first it was closed due to damage and hazardous conditions. The second was because it had rained for the entire week and the canyon was under water.

Back in California.
This is while I was driving through the J. Smith section of the Redwood Forrest.

Heading into Oregon on my trip. Because it was raining farther south, I decided to take long way back to the coast.

Mount Shasta. This was a very breathraking sight. It was not that cold outside, but there was snow everywhere.

Snow on the ground while heading up north. It really was not that cold outside.

This is Shasta Dam, which helps control the three arms of the Shasta Lake. They are very protective of the dam, you can take a tour, but no cameras or cellphones were allowed. It does not look like it from this pictures, but they say that it stands taller than Niagara Falls.

These two pictures were off what they call bacon, because of how the formations look. Believe it or not, they did look like strips of bacon hanging from the ceiling. On the tour, there is apart where you have to climb 200 steps, which they call tinkerbell steps due to the narrowness of the step. We were told that you could fit half of your foot on the step, well unfortunately I have long feet, so I climbed all 200 steps on my toes. Do not ask about the pain.

This is where Shasta Caverns are located in Redding, CA. I got cancelled from work, so I had a long weekend and headed over to Redding. One thing to keep in mind is that though the mileage is not that far it takes over 3 hours to get there from Eureka. Very snake like roads and up and down the mountains. It was also supposed to rain all weekend, which it did.