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For the Glory! The Kinetic Grand Championship 2024

Every Memorial Day weekend there is a uniquely local celebration, the Kinetic Grand Championship race. It’s had different names, and took a break for Covid, but has come back in force, showing the very best in community craziness. To me, this event is the essence of Humboldt. If you want to know why people chooseContinue reading “For the Glory! The Kinetic Grand Championship 2024”

Eureka’s Rhododendron Parade

Like the Pacific Northwest, the Eureka area has climate particularly friendly to cultivation of the rhododendron family of flowering bushes–they include azaleas and a lot of varieties of “rhodys” of all sizes. There is a Rhododendron Society, and an annual Rhododendron Parade, this year it was Saturday April 27, 2024. I love the Rhododendron Parade,Continue reading “Eureka’s Rhododendron Parade”

Greece, Anyone?

A year ago, we were in Greece. We spent a delightful month in Athens, and went on a private tour around the Peloponnese with PicTours of Greece. Our coordinator was the owner of the agency, George Gaitos, and our trip was terrific (A Week of Ruins in the Peloponnese (1)) Our trip was different fromContinue reading “Greece, Anyone?”

Spring arrives

Daffodils have been blooming for two weeks or more but it hasn’t seemed like spring because of the near-constant rain. The downpours have abated, the sun is out and spring is really visible all around us. The sky is light later in the day, and the sun seems brighter. I see colors that remind meContinue reading “Spring arrives”

Renting a Hyundai Kona

Paula and I arrived at the Enterprise counter in the Syracuse New York airport just after 11 pm. We’d managed to find flights from our respective homes that converged at about the same time so that we could share a car and Airbnb. The counter offered us an all-electric vehicle. It sounded fun and weContinue reading “Renting a Hyundai Kona”

Flood Stage

California is having record-breaking rain. Yesterday, the Los Angeles area received over 4 inches of rain, more than double the previous record set in the 1920s. Here in Eureka, there hasn’t been as much rain, but it’s been rainy. Today, we decided to do some exploring and go take a look at the Eel River.Continue reading “Flood Stage”

Rainy Season

Winter in Eureka is often rainy, but rarely colder than 50o F. during the day. I’ve been appreciating that fact this week, when our former home in the midwest was -9o F. Between rainstorms, the sun occasionally comes out in Eureka, and I’ve seen some spectacular clouds bringing the weather in and out.

Holiday Season in Humboldt

This is a busy time in and around Eureka, generally called “Humboldt” in reference to greater Humboldt County. There have been multiple Christmas fairs, craft fairs, holiday fairs, and school fairs all month, and these continue right up to Christmas Eve. I haven’t been to many of these, but I know there are all kindsContinue reading “Holiday Season in Humboldt”

Baoase Luxury Resort, Curacao

This is for anyone who wants to see what our resort looked like. We booked this resort through Laura Sangster, an agent with The Journey Group, Boca Raton, FL. We gave her tentative dates for our group, and said we wanted to stay in an all-inclusive setting somewhere that was unlikely to be hit byContinue reading “Baoase Luxury Resort, Curacao”

Shopping in Willemstad and Good to Know About Curacao

(The banner photo for this post that you may or may not be able to see depending on the device you are using is the Aida Perla cruise ship, with about 1,600 passengers, docked in Willemstad, Curacao, Nov. 25, 2023) I only ventured into the downtown area a couple of times. I wasn’t interested inContinue reading “Shopping in Willemstad and Good to Know About Curacao”