In Arcata we met up with Joanie's parents, Charlie and Shirley Keller. They were in Antioch visiting Joan's brother Brian. We really enjoyed seeing them and touring the Arcata/Eureka area with them.
We enjoyed breakfast together at the Samoa Cookhouse, a menu-less all you can eat restaurant that once served the area's lumber mill workers. Great food.
Arcata and Eureka had a liberal spin to them both - about the only place I've ever been that felt more liberal than Boulder Colorado. This mural, reminiscent of Diego Rivera's work is just one example. Sure is pretty, though! ... I had a cup of coffee at Cafe Mokka downtown Arcata while I had the oil changed. They serve great coffee and rent hot tubs and saunas by the hour. I'll wager I was driving the only Dodge diesel with a McCain-Palin bumper sticker on the rear bumper in the whole town.
The Carson mansion on the Eureka waterfront stands as a prime example of Victorian architecture.
Can you guess what these folks are dressed up as? I sure couldn't. On the last Saturday of October before Halloween, downtown Eureka hosts treat-or-treat for all comers. These folks were sushi.
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