Humboldt County, CA, July 2007

Here are the pics from a trip to Humboldt County 2007. The faces of the travelers have been removed to protect the innocent, as well as the guilty.


Day 1 begins with a view from one of the Redwood National Park Visitor Centers.

There is a reason they're called banana slugs at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

On a bluff overlooking a beach at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Heading into the canyon at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

A closer look at the canyon wall at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

There is a reason they named it Fern Canyon (located in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park)

Heaven on Earth at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Looking up the canyon at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Close-up of a moss covered canyon wall at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Heading up the canyon at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Fungus on a redwood at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Look closely - mystery fish in a pool at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

A 6 inch banana slug munching on a leaf in Fern Canyon in the Prarie Creek Redwoods State Park

Toppled redwood at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Fungus at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Fungus at Fern Canyon in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Looking north along Gold's Bluff Beach at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Elk in Elk Prairie at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Elk in Elk Prairie at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Elk in Elk Prairie at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Elk in Elk Prairie at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Hugungous redwood tree at Redwood National Park

Looking up into the redwood branches at Redwood National Park

What's going on this with tree at Redwood National Park?

Fungus at home in Redwood National Park

More than 6 feet tall in diameter, a toppled redwood with moss and ferns at Redwood National Park

Fungus at Redwood National Park

Fungus, clovers and redwoods - oh my! - at Redwood National Park

A cone-shaped spider web amongst the moss on a redwood at Redwood National Park -- no spider was in sight

Looking up at a redwood tree at Redwood National Park

Two married, or joined, redwoods at Redwood National Park

Redwood National Park

A big old mess of exposed redwood tree roots at Redwood National Park.

Day 2 begins with a hike and an egret (?) at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Hungry shorebirds at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Blooming thistle at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Pelicans from a distance at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

A very loud songbird at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Ducks at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Night heron(?) at Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

A shorebird at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, CA

Carson Mansion, Eureka, CA -- Sadly, a private club

Carson Mansion, Eureka, CA

Victorian home in Eureka, CA

A well camoflouged butterfly feeding Eureka, CA

A steam donkey from Fort Humboldt National Historic Park, Eureka, CA

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Day 3: After spending much of the day tooling around Arcata, it was time to head to the airport. But before that, a brief sidetrip ... From Trinidad, CA, looking west. Boats are anchored as it lacks a large harbor.

From Trinidad, CA, looking north west (Note the pier)

From Trinidad, CA, looking south

From Trinidad, CA, looking south

View of the Pacific from Trinidad, CA before heading back to the airport and the heat of the southwest (sigh)