Eureka Aug. 30

Fog is the word for today.  The sun did try to peak through around 1pm but it didn’t make it.  We did laundry and some cooking…Well, “we” as in “me we” – LOL.  After that we headed to south to Ferndale, where we did see the sun!  We drove through Ferndale and saw several old Victorian dwellings.  The main street in Ferndale has been designated a National Register Historic District to get there we drove over the Eel River on the Fernbridge, built in 1911.  The bridge is a Civil Engineering Historic Landmark as well.  After driving through the town we headed to Ferndale Beach where we spent most of the afternoon walking along the beach.  It is a very long beach that allows ATVs and horses along with people of course.  We found many lovely little rocks, I am not sure if any of them are agates or not, but I don’t think so.  This is a rough and dangerous beach, of course no one swims here and this was a calm day.  We drove back through Ferndale and took a short drive through the cemetery.  It was one of the most unique old cemeteries we’ve seen.  After we left Ferndale we drove on the back roads to Loleta and made a quick stop at the Cheese Factory.  We were under the impression that there was a restaurant there and we were going to have a snack, but they only make and sell cheese.  The samples were delicious!  We knew there was a Casino nearby so we thought we might go there for a snack.  We stopped but it just didn’t look inviting so we made a few necessary stops and then headed home.  Lots of traffic in downtown Eureka today.  There must be some logging going on as we saw several logging trucks today.