1. The whole city of Ferndale
received Historical Markership for its Victorian houses. Sadly, an abundance of
shops and houses were vacant or for sale.
2. We enjoyed our walk in the Ferndale Cemetery, viewing grave stones from the century before last. There was, though, this awkward Ebenezer Scrooge moment.
3. Ferndale has not one, but two, stores with Blacksmith Art (though both with the same ownership.) It was good to see an anvil outside of a Loony Toons cartoon.
4. The Ivanhoe Hotel claims to be
the furthest west hotel in the "continental United States." I hope
the plaque was made before Alaska became a state, because since then, the
correct phrase should be "the contiguous United States".
5. When I was a kid, we went camping
at Standish Hickey State Park, part of the rotation with Henry Cowell and
Donner Lake State Parks. But Standish Hickey was certainly the strangest name
of the three.
6. Tiny Houses are all the rage
these days, but this One Log House predates that rage (quite a coincidence
that they built this next to a gift shop).
7. The Drive-Thru Tree is also
located next to a gift shop. Our theory is that gift shops that are not located next
to such peculiar objects do not survive. (Tourist traps continue to appeal to
our inner 6-year-old.)
8. The Ferndale Pie Company does
sell, to no one's surprise, pies. But they also made the genius move of selling
pie crust scraps topped with cinnamon sugar. And the folks who run it are really nice.
9. There's something about the front
desk of an inn being inside a general store that adds a Green Acres/Petticoat
Junction feel to a place.(And if you long for that kind of thing, the store and motel seem to be for sale: Francis Creek Inn ) Mindy was not surprised to find a Pixley Street in
Ferndale.
10. This photo is either of a hippie
in Willits with a cat resting on top of his backpack or a Sasquatch (Big Foot).
From this photo, it's really difficult to tell which of the two it could be.
-- Dean and Mindy
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