Sunset Beachwalk

Do those legs go all the way up?

The Keyhole Arch to College Cove.

Bon soir, tous. Bastille Day 2017.

Star of the Kinetics Race

What the heck am I doing here?!?!?

Dogface

FIERCE — From top, Trainwreck, Chewbacca, Barney, Dozer, Tristan and Spot.

Good Night

Rhody Time

 

Springtime blooms along rhododendron way at Singing Tree Gardens, McKinleyville, CA.

Slip-Slidin’ Away

After a *really* wet winter, the ground just west of the Trinidad Fishermen’s Memorial is giving way. The city sandbagged the parking area last year when a crack developed, then raised barricades in February. Now the trash can and benches have been removed, as the land starts to slide toward Old Home Beach. Lost Coast Outpost used these photos in a story on the Memorial, and SFGate.com picked it up. (Without photo credit or payment to the tipster/photographer, BTW.)

Froggie

Fern Gully

Mill Creek rumbles through the gulch down to the ocean.

Confused Cacti

It’s the first day of Spring. Our “Christmas” cacti are free spirits.

Read all about it

EXTRA! The Ted-Ed shills the new edition.

Bedgames

Stella is confused about the concept of “bedtime.”

Goodnight, Day

Sun sets over Camel Rock and Houda’s Hump.

Good Times

Service puppy not really getting into Humboldt Crabs game.

Curly

Fern Unfolding.

Tsunami Warning

Yup. She’ll wash you away.

Seastacks

Cormorant Morning

A cormorant disturbs the placid morning on Little River.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Mossy Fingers

Mossy fingers reach for the bridge that arcs the flood of a boiling Mill Creek.

Look Out

Pewetole and Trinidad Head viewed in drizzle from the Elk Head trail.

You Stinka!

Actually, new skunk cabbage at this time of year doesn’t stink. Yet.

Crossroads Pines

This small copse of pines stands at the intersection of the Trinidad Beach-Elk Head trail, where the path loops over to Stagecoach Road. Wet but stolid on a rainy Sunday.

A Chance Encounter

On a soggy walk back from Elk Head, we came upon a woman and two dogs. One of them was CHANCE! an old buddy from the Shelter. His name is Reggie now, and his new dog’s life is grand.

Graffiti Trestle

The well-decorated former train trestle over Eureka Slough.

After the Storm

After what seems like eight years of grey and downpour, at last a pot o’ gold.

Stella Speedboat

Stella loves rainy days when the Mill Creek ditch fills and flows.

Eureka’s Women’s March

Bob Doran

More than 5,000 people of all flavors — women, men, young, old, LGBTQ, straight — turned out on the Eureka, CA, waterfront to join their voices with the other 3.5 million participants in the international Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 21. It was inspirational and reassuring after the inauguration of The Drumpf the day before.

Trestle

The former RR trestle over the Mad River between McKinleyville and the Arcata Bottoms is part of the Hammond Trail.

Charlotte’s Summer House