Visit to Pumpkin Patch

Jackie and I went with the family to a local farm that has a huge area with a petting zoo, shops, corn mazes, train and pony rides and a massive pumpkin field. Sitting in the hay is our oldest daughter Carrie, then our great granddaughter Annabelle, then our granddaughter Melissa and our youngest Kelly. It was a perfect day weather wise, we all had a great time. Having grand kids make you feel grand, having great grand kids make you feel OLD! We are leaving Friday and moving to Loomis (next to Sacramento) to visit my sister and a few friends. Saturday night a friend (Bill Edwards) and I are attending a party for current and past employees that worked at NEC. Sunday we are heading out for southern California, still a few loose ends as to our schedule before we get there. We will be visiting Jackie's brother and sister-in-law, then on to her cousin for a visit. We are excited to get going, heading across country for a year or so is something we have been planning for along time. The weather here is lite rain but will clear out later today. Today and tomorrow I need to clean the trailer including the roof. This is the job that I don't enjoy doing, to much ladder work.

Pictures that didn't make it

Here are a few pictures of our time in Eureka. There is a marsh area that the county maintains with trails and a little visitors center. It was a good walk to take Pepper on. As most of you know we have moved to Yuba City at our daughters. Had some doctor visits to do. All is well. Clean bill of health for Jackie and I. My vision has become so good after the cataract removal that my old glasses were causing vision problems. I now have 20/20 in the left eye and 20/25 in the right without glasses. I got new lens even though I really don't need them. But by some correction and bifocals the vision is perfect. We are going to stay here a couple more weeks. A few things we want to do before going. Our plan is to leave this area on the 9th of Oct. and head south toward Jackie's brother, who lives near Ventura Ca. May make a stop along the way to Ventura and play golf with a friend (Carl) at Vandenberg AFB if our schedules work out. After John and Robin's visit on to a visit with Jackie's cousin in Riverside County. We will then head east and work our way to the east coast. No time line or route cast in stone. Just mosey to the Texas coast. Thinking we will be there for Christmas. Then continue on along the coast weather permitting to Florida. I know the blog really slows down while we are here but not much to post. Just doctor visits and not much else going on. I guess I will have to get out and stir up some action. Weather has been HOT!

Arcata Farmers Market

Arcata has one of the biggest and best farmers market we have ever been to. On Saturday they it in a plaza that is one block in size and the vendors are set up around the plaza. We got some amazing tomatoes and carrots. After shopping I took the veggies back to the truck and we just sat and people watched. Oh, and I had a few chicken wings, hot dog, pizza and just one taco. People watching is fatting!! More on the farmers market in next blog. We moved from the best weather 62-65 degree to the worst 105 in Yuba city yesterday. What a shock to the body. We haven't had any weather much over 80 in almost a year and for the past 2 months not over 70. Visting the kids and doctors. Not sure how long we will be here depends on doctor scheduling.

More of our visit to Arcata farmers market

The picture of the kids sitting and eating is our granddaughter with some of her friends. They gave her a ride to met us. After I took the picture and met them I told the boys now I have a picture of them, know their names and where they are from and if anything happens to Kayla I will be hunting them. They just stared at me with a concerned look on their faces until Kayla blew it and laughed at me. Besides all of the great veggies, it is an event in the plaza. There was a band playing on people of all ages were sitting around and enjoying the great weather. And no the two girls playing was not the band.

Short flight over Eureka

Jackie's brother John flew up for a short visit the other day. There is a small airport just outside of Eureka. The big problem in flying here is the fog. John does not fly instrument, so it has to be clear for him to land. The day he flew in the fog moved in. He has a gps system on his plane and knew where he was but had to circle the airport to find an opening where he could drop through the fog. After a successful landing we spent some time the next couple days sightseeing. John and I tried to fly but were only able to be up for a few minutes before the fog moved back in. But I got a couple pictures of a huge lumber mill next to the airport. That is all redwood stacked in the yard. The locals say most is ready to be shipped over seas. We have been staying at the Moose Lodge in Eureka. They have 5 acres on the edge of town and there are several deer that pass through the grounds almost everyday. They have passed by the rear of our trailer where we have a large window that Pepper can see out. She raises holly hell when they walk by. A buck and doe passed by within 10 foot of the trailer and she did not like that.

Redwoods

While Jackie's brother was here we took a short trip to the Avenue of the Giants. Along highway 101 near Eureka there is a 30 drive thru the redwoods. They have several easy hikes you can make where you can see some of the biggest trees. We took 3 separate hikes and visited the visitor center where they had a little museum that showed some of the history of this area.

Trinidad Ca (part 1)

Made a trip 20 miles north of Eureka to Trinidad. It is a very small town with a population of around 400 but has a drop dead bay. As you can see it was foggy so it wasn't as nice as it could have been. Lots of people use this marina to launch their boats to go fishing. Salmon is what most are catching now. There is a pier that you can walk out on and see otters and sea birds. There is a nice little restaurant called the Seascape at the dock. You can sit inside and watch the boats come and go. Plus they have good food. Weather has been cloudy and foggy in the morning with a little sun after 2 pm. Not cold but cool. Better than 100 degree weather. We paid for another week at the Moose Lodge. A question came about how to become a Moose Member. My son-in-law is a Moose and he got me the membership application. You then get approved and go to a new member meeting. I didn't due that because we were leaving, so they waived that part. I am looking for a sponsor to join the Elks, they also have rv parking at many of their Lodges. There are more pictures in 2nd post today. Going to Arcata today for their farmers market. Tomatoes and dreadlocks. Peppers and tie dye. They have an interesting bunch of folks selling veggies and fruit.