Kinetic Grand Championship Memorial Day Weekend May 29, 30, & 31st ![]() South of College of the Redwoods on the way to Ferndale, California, May 31, 2010. ![]() Waiting for the kinetic sculptures by the Morgan Slough, north side of Ferndale. ![]() Morgan Slough at low tide. ![]() Cows. ![]() More cows. ![]() High tide several hours later. ![]() The machines make their way across the bay and down the slough. This is the dolphin machine. ![]() The machines come out of the water. ![]() Whirled Peas in the Morgan Slough. ![]() The Whirled Peas water propulsion system is recycled plastic buckets. ![]() Whirled Peas. ![]() Hooka and Ladder machine in the slough. ![]() Hooka and Ladder switching over to travel by land. ![]() Hooka and Ladder on the road. ![]() "Still" in Race. ![]() Magic Carpet. ![]() The Magic Carpet crew. ![]() Magic carpet crew down the road to Ferndale. ![]() Black Tie Affair in the slough. ![]() Black Tie Affair parked on Main Street after crossing the finish line in Ferndale. The machines line up along Main Street for the race finale. ![]() The machines continue to come in until sunset. Town of Ferndale ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Redwood Forests ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Centerville Beach ![]() Centerville Beach County Park, five miles west of Ferndale. ![]() ![]() ![]() Trinity River and Hwy 299 ![]() Hwy 299 Redding to Eureka along the Trinity River. ![]() ![]() ![]() City of Eureka ![]() Carson Mansion. ![]() Eureka Co-op. We found great independent natural foods stores and co-ops in Redding, Arcata, Eureka, Garberville, Laytonville, and Sacramento. ![]() Humboldt Bay. ![]() Tour of the old stomping grounds: Creative Arts building on the campus of College of the Redwoods, Eureka. I made this Memorial Day trip with an old college friend; a bunch of us met here in the dorms in 1974. There are approximately six of us who still stay in contact as adults. ![]() Fields Landing. Most of us moved out of the dorms and into this little town one highway exit north of campus. ![]() Fields Landing boat yard. ![]() Fields Landing vacant lot. One of the houses where I used to live is gone now. It sat on the vacant lot next to the fence, back left. It was falling down when I lived there in 1975, so it does not surprise me that it is gone. The other two places where I lived in Field's Landing are still there. It was sad to see the market and bar closed down, but everything else is exactly the same. Old Town Sacramento ![]() We spent the last night on the Delta King Hotel in Old Town Sacramento. The boat looks great and it was a nice conclusion to a fun trip. ![]() ![]() |