Arcata, United States Travel Blogs

Eugene -Arcata
Jul 30, 2009 (10 photos)

Todays Author Greg Everyone was up early for a proposed early start (8-9) due to the heat of the previous day. All was well until Roger tried to start his bike and the engine failed to turn over, we then tried to bump start it but to no avail. A quick ...

Leaving the North Coast
Feb 28, 2008 (3 photos)

It has just snowed a few days ago in Arcata. I hurriedly hitch up the cats to my "Cat Sled". The Lead Cat is already tugging at his harness in anxious apprehension of the long fish (mush) south to the land of eternal sunshine. We headed south from ...

The Land of Giants
Sep 28, 2009 (77 photos)

... tasty for fast food. Just to note in case any of you are heading out that way :-) After a long drive up to Arcata including a detour along the Avenue of the Giants (a road that winds through magnificent redwoods parallel to the 101), we finally ...

Redwoods!
Sep 9, 2007 (36 photos)

So we left San Francsico and got on a 7 hour bus journey to Arcata to visit the Redwood National Park in Humboldt County. It didn't start well when we couldn't fit on the bus as they had over booked it so us and about 5 other people had to wait for another ...

Welcome to Humboldt County
Jul 20, 2009

... nach der anderen besucht hatte, stand mir der Sinn wieder nach einem etwas friedlicheren Ort, abseits der ueblichen Touristenpfaden. Arcata schien mir ideal, da es zwischen San Francisco und Portland liegt und mir gesagt wurde, dass es Aehnlichkeiten mit ...

Arcata
May 12, 2008 (5 photos)

This is one interesting town, at night I wasn't sure if people were homeless and scary or just fun loving hippies (turns out the latter is true).  This university town is perfect if you are afraid of hairdressers as no-one seems to pay mind to their ...

A Ride On The Pineapple Express
Dec 5, 2006 (7 photos)

From late fall through to early spring warm moist air from the tropics blows ashore across the Pacific seaboard of the U.S. North West and Canada. The phenomenon, which is commonly known as the Pineapple Express, gives rise to the often-violent tempests ...

Arcata California is an Oasis
Sep 15, 2006 (3 photos)

... Gear, and climb that tall monolith! Taking a 360-degree panorama series of photos from there, would include the whole town of Arcata, and the University, all the way across the broad expanse of Humboldt Bay, to the ocean! Now I'm continuing-on, ...

On the road again
Jun 28, 2006

Took off from Arcata early this morning (well, not that early...). (Just me and the road) Drove north on 101 up to Grant's Pass, joined 5 North and booked my way up to Portland... What a great city, and I got to enjoy it for about an hour and a ...

More info than you needed to know
Sep 23, 2006 (3 photos)

... ... always asking those PESKY questions... like, "What's the point? [of feeding and housing the homeless-by-choice, of Arcata]" There was a group of about 25 today... listless; grumpy; hostile; belligerent males, mostly...(that's a 500% INCREASE over ...

Arcata still rocks ...
Sep 19, 2006 (6 photos)

ARCATA dateline September 18th ... nearing the Solstice ... people here are scurrying to buy their winter clothes ... golden leaves are blowing in the gutters ... time to lay in a good supply of firewood ...

Humboldt State University
Aug 20, 1986

So we were pretty dead after a night in the car. This day was dedicated to scoping out colleges Brady might want to go to in NoCal, since he pussed out of going into the Air Force with me. First stop was Humboldt State. We got there and it was ...

The Concept
Jan 3, 2008

    Last week I found out that my Granmother is off Chemotherapy becuase of a heart condition.  She is such an amazing woman, i feel like i need to get back to her homeland and travel, the way she told me to, with an accordion and a ...

US
Jun 29, 2007

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Day 32
Apr 8, 2009 (8 photos)

Day 32 SF to Redwoods We got ready and headed in to San Francisco one more time. We started off by heading down to a local deli near the Cow Hollow area of town. If we were going to live here this seems like a pretty cool area. Lots of business and ...

AK
Jun 14, 2007

that is all

Aunt Jan, Arcata
Jun 29, 2008

Visiting Shos's aunt Jan

Arcata Mountain Retreat
Feb 24, 2007 (13 photos)

... (actually his mountain top cabin)! Saturday We had talked many times of all the great outdoor things we were going to do in the Arcata area, but of course the day we arrive it was the worst storm of our trip so far. We are talking sideways rain, cold ...

arcata
Jan 22, 2007

After not too long we caught the best ride with an older hip lady and a hot young punk guy.  They fed us stories, snacks and gave us treats and money when they dropped us off.  That was Mystics first real hitch, unbenowist to me until after.& ...

Arcata
Mar 25, 2006

Humboldt State

The Great Northwest
Sep 23, 2008

We settled down in Rachel's abode for three nights and two days.

Lost Coast Trail
Jul 18, 2006 (17 photos)

Took a while to drive to our starting point. We decided to hike this 24-mile section of the Lost Coast Trail that leads south from the Mattole River to the Black Sands Beach along the wilderness beach. It was not a simple stroll on the beach, but a rugged ...

Humboldt
Jun 15, 2007 (12 photos)

Humboldt stole my heart

The Start of the Journey
Aug 20, 2005

It is two weeks from the magical moment of our circumnavigation of the globe and we are getting excited. Still plenty of stuff to do (packing, getting VISA's for travel, making reservations, do laundry, pack the house, move, etc. etc. etc.) We will soon ...

Daylight fades, and the lights come on
Sep 16, 2006 (1 photos)

ARCATA later, same day . . . Re-charged my batteries, and here I am again *live* . . . watching an orange disk-of-a-sun setting slowly into The Pacific Ocean. This 'turnout' I'm fond of, reached by taking the first off-ramp from Highway 101, in ...

Road Trip to Arcata
Apr 15, 2006 (6 photos)

Woke up at 3.30am for the 5am Road Trip, so phoned Ffion (1pm for her, so no probs!). Talked for the 1st half hour in the car to Ron and Lynn, then slept pretty much the rest of the way, and most of the afternoon apart from eating and yet another road ...

Kinetic Sculpture Race - Arcata
May 26, 2007 (2 photos)

... line on the third day with your teddy bear still in one piece.  It was an ecclectic mix of people in costumes. Downtown Arcata is very quaint and Bohemian.  Lots of little  shops and places to eat.  We stopped and had very tasty ( ...