Alissa: After a super delayed flight to Arcata, we woke up to pouring rain so decided to rent a car and head up to the see the giant trees after picking up our bikes!
We were the only ones in the park on the rainy afternoon.
Arcata is a super cute little town near Humboldt State University with a lovely main square and the best water pressure in a hotel I’ve ever experienced! From this old timey showerhead
And, it SNOWED!
Glen: Not only was our flight into Arcata delayed, we then waited an *hour and a half* for a cab to take us on the 8-mile ride from the airport to downtown. Note to anyone reading: if you fly into Arcata, be sure to have a rental car reservation. About the photo just above: the bicycle at the lower left is not either of our bicycles, we wouldn’t let them get all snowed upon like that, but behind the bicycle you can just make out a tiny little snowman that we built atop a mailbox. Our hike in the Redwood National and State Park (the only such combination park there is, I think) involved a long search for the Corkscrew Tree, as it is on an unmarked side trail. The search eventually bore fruit (er, pine cones?):
