Eureka, Agate, and Elk

We stumbled on to this town of Eureka                                                     and what a find it was. This beautiful town is made up of Victorian homes that should be in story books and or movies.                                           I couldn’t get over how many story book homes there     were, even the businesses are gorgeous.

        We continued on to Agate Beach where agate, a semiprecious gem stone, rolls in from the ocean. We were on a hunt. I love to walk on a beach looking for treasures whether it is shells, sand dollars, drift wood, and now Agate. They were hard to find amongst all the rock. Agate are translucent, shiny stones that have a waxy feel. I brought all my “loot” (rocks) to a park ranger and I did in fact have several pieces. One in particular he said was jewelry quality, the small amber colored piece to the far left. Beginners luck! As we head toward Oregon we drove the Drury Parkway, a scenic route, through Redwood National and State Park to see the Giant Redwoods. What we saw earlier in Muir Woods were Coastal Redwoods. These Giants are massive and, as the signs posted in the park said, outdate the dinosaurs and get 40% of their water from the fog. Yes from the FOG. How big are these Giant Redwoods? They are this big!

We were even treated to two sightings of Elk. Look how fuzzy their antlers are.

Not too bad for a “traveling day” , this was not a sight seeing day.