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October 14, 2013 at 7:54 AM #766849October 14, 2013 at 7:55 AM #766848
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Participant[quote=6packscaredy]what about arcata ca? i see a place on the coast like right ont he coast can be had for the 150’s. why the hell is everyone here in southern ca again? i cant remember…[/quote]
Very nice area, scaredy. Arcata, CA is the home of Humboldt State University and it is NOT technically “on the coast.” A lot of the “cheap” housing you are undoubtedly seeing up there are longtime permanently-skirted mobile homes (made to look like stick-built homes). Some are on oversized lots with nice gardens built up around them. Several beautifully-rehabbed Victorians grace Arcata’s streets.
Shhhh … Humboldt and its surrounding counties are one of America’s best kept “secrets.” Don’t let the cat out of the bag! Let the masses continue to prefer their cookie-cutter neighborhoods in SoCal, replete with Mello-Roos.
You can’t fix everything so don’t even try :=]
October 14, 2013 at 8:05 AM #766850ParticipantI think Arcata has the name “scaredycat” written all over it. He may very well be able to get an “adjunct prof gig” to teach the following subjects:
http://pine.humboldt.edu/anstud/cgi-bin/filter.pl?relevant=./cschd/schedFallPSCI.out
http://pine.humboldt.edu/anstud/cgi-bin/filter.pl?relevant=./cschd/schedFallHIST.out
http://pine.humboldt.edu/anstud/cgi-bin/filter.pl?relevant=./cschd/schedFallCRIM.out
scaredy, imho, you would fit right in up there. I don’t know if you are aware of this, but the bike paths up there are bar none … the best in the country. I think you would love it 🙂
October 14, 2013 at 8:51 AM #766851no_such_reality
Participant[quote=6packscaredy]what about arcata ca? i see a place on the coast like right ont he coast can be had for the 150’s. why the hell is everyone here in southern ca again? i cant remember…[/quote]
Because in Eureka, you’ve got 4 subcultures. Loggers, large scale ranchers, organic hippie farmers, & herb growers.
October 14, 2013 at 8:56 AM #766852spdrun
ParticipantMost of whom could be pretty interesting people, I’d imagine.
Honestly, that sounds like parts of Maine. Keep in mind that the distance between L.A. and Arcata is about the same as between D.C. and northern Maine.
It’s only the same state because CA is farkin’ huge.
October 14, 2013 at 9:04 AM #766854Participantscaredy, if you want to check Arcata out, fall is the best time of year up there! From your place, you can make it to Ukiah in one 9-10 hr day and stay the night there.
I would highly recommend you take this route on your last leg of the trip. Better sure to do it before dusk:
By the time you work your way outta there after having sampled in at least three wineries, you might just decide to hang it up and “retire” in Philo, Navarro or Boonville 🙂
Then spend the night in Ft Bragg and get on the Skunk train the next morning for a half-day excursion to Larkspur and back. Their “Pumpkin Express” ride is this Sunday, 10/20!
http://skunktrain.com/fort-bragg.html
On Saturday, November 2, they’re having a “Mushroom, Wine and Beer train.” (They’re VERY generous with the wine-tasting, btw.) I don’t think kids are allowed on this trip.
http://skunktrain.com/mushroom.html
The train comes back to Ft Bragg in the winter at 2:15 to 2:30 pm, at which time you can drive to Eureka/Arcata and make it there in time for early-check in 🙂
A suggestion: You can turn Veteran’s Day wknd into more days to make this trip. That’s also an EXCELLENT time to go (warm days and cool nights).
I wish I could have made it up there this fall but I had to go to flyover America, instead.
However, I’m looking forward to going to SF for X-mas week so all is not lost.
I think a change of scene will do wonders for you, scaredy. That same old daily/weekly/monthly slog from the office to the courthouse to the Little House to the Big House and back to the office eventually gets old … believe me, I KNOW :=0
October 14, 2013 at 9:05 AM #766853ParticipantIt’s a very interesting cultural dynamic.
Poverty is actually quite high and the associate teenage troubles with it. Blue Ox Millworks has an interesting program and has some absolutely cool (cools tools) production facilities.
About 5 years ago, there was a huge fight going on over the highway. There was one (1) old redwood adjacent to the highway that was preventing a widening on the turns necessary to change the road so that standard semi-trailers could make their way to Eureka and Klamath.
Cali should really be about 4 States.
Looks like a partial work-around on the cargo loading. http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/trucks/routes/eureka.htm
October 14, 2013 at 9:07 AM #766855scaredyclassic
ParticipantStupid AARP fantasy crap.
I cant quit.
Too many dependents.
Cheap monthly mortgage payment.
I’m here. Now.
It’s ok!
October 14, 2013 at 9:08 AM #766856Participant[quote=spdrun]Most of whom could be pretty interesting people, I’d imagine.
Honestly, that sounds like parts of Maine. Keep in mind that the distance between L.A. and Arcata is about the same as between D.C. and northern Maine.
It’s only the same state because CA is farkin’ huge.[/quote]
Ft Bragg is probably the closest to “Maine-like” you will find in CA. All parts of it smell strongly of fish :=]
October 14, 2013 at 9:08 AM #766857Participant[quote=no_such_reality][quote=6packscaredy]what about arcata ca? i see a place on the coast like right ont he coast can be had for the 150’s. why the hell is everyone here in southern ca again? i cant remember…[/quote]
Because in Eureka, you’ve got 4 subcultures. Loggers, large scale ranchers, organic hippie farmers, & herb growers.[/quote]
I would like to befriend you all
October 14, 2013 at 9:09 AM #766858Participantnsr: it looks like someone people are probably making bank renting out the short tractors, so there are vested interests in not widening the highway.
October 14, 2013 at 9:12 AM #766860Participant[quote=6packscaredy]Stupid AARP fantasy crap.
I cant quit.
Too many dependents.
Cheap monthly mortgage payment.
I’m here. Now.
It’s ok![/quote]
For gosh sakes, scaredy, I KNOW you still have kids in school. But you could at least check the area out for retirement purposes for LATER and ENJOY the trip NOW!
Unlike the ones in Napa/Sonoma Counties, the Best Westerns in Ukiah and Ft Bragg are reasonably-priced!
I’m serious. I think it’s the right place for you in your Golden Years. You need to check in out and come back and give us a report!
October 14, 2013 at 9:15 AM #766861Participant[quote=6packscaredy][quote=no_such_reality][quote=6packscaredy]what about arcata ca? i see a place on the coast like right ont he coast can be had for the 150’s. why the hell is everyone here in southern ca again? i cant remember…[/quote]
Because in Eureka, you’ve got 4 subcultures. Loggers, large scale ranchers, organic hippie farmers, & herb growers.[/quote]
I would like to befriend you all[/quote]
I thought so, scaredy. I could see you as a (latent) “organic hippie farmer” and/or “herb grower” (with a PT alter-ego as a college prof). Seriously …
Why NOT??
October 14, 2013 at 9:15 AM #766862ParticipantNo point.
10 years from now everything will be different.
Not worth planning.
Too much yard work to do.
October 14, 2013 at 9:19 AM #766863ParticipantMoney would be better spent On a good wood chipper than traveling to arcara
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