Deanna and I spent the long weekend up in Humboldt County doing some house shopping -- well, really preliminary reconnaissance. We're pretty fond of the hills above Arcata and Trinidad. Other areas we've been looking include Ferndale, with its gorgeous Victorian downtown. Eureka, and Mckinleyville.
Of course, we love the entire coast, from Santa Barbara all the way up to Vancouver. The San Francisco Peninsula is about perfect for us in terms of climate but it's just ridiculously expensive.
As you travel north up the California coast it gets wetter and wetter. The Eureka Arcata area, though, is somewhat shielded and, while a good bit wetter than where we live now, it's actually pretty nice.
For the drive up, we hugged the coast and for the drive down, we took it slow through the Avenue of the Giants (our 4th or 5th time there) and then sped down 101 trying to get home before dark.
It was a wonderful weekend at the Carter House Inn -- lodging and food I can definitely recommend without reservations, and the weather couldn't have been better.
Posted by: marco | September 4, 2007 1:50 AM
We have some friends up in Weed (disregard the name). It's right there near Shasta. Stayed up there one weekend. They built a Yurt while they were building their house. It's a nice area.
Posted by: Rafael | September 4, 2007 8:15 AM
Hi that is such a nice drive. When I visited Mozilla we came down from Portland (via astoria) all the way down. Very pretty!
Just buy a fast-track an go!