We drove back down the "mountain" and found a local tribe fishing in that small area. About 8 boats were out and they were catching salmon.
Working together with gill nets, they caught a LOT of salmon!
These fish were specifically caught to give to local police officers who participated in a much appreciated drug raid in the area. Very nice!
We spent a little time at the beach, full of rocks.
Son-in-law Mat and Simon found ones to walk on.
On our way home, a rainbow~
We have also visited the Crescent City lighthouse. This is a privately owned and run lighthouse. First, you have to get there, only at low tide, as you have to walk across a shallow cut to the island while the water is out.
The view from the rocky cut is nice.
Up the hill, and you are at the lighthouse.
Luke sat on the rocks and gazed wistfully at the sea.
The view of Crescent City from the lighthouse is beautiful.
We left as the water began to rise. It wasn't deep, but we did have to walk through a couple of areas with a few inches of water to get back. We got back just in time. Turning around for one last look at the lighthouse, and poof! The fog was rolling in.
Luke and I visited the port area of Crescent City. There were only 9 fishing boats there.
A lot of them are away, at either northern Washington or Alaska, fishing. Some are south, fishing the lower California waters. Crescent City used to have a packing house for fish and was a bustling spot. But the packing house left and so did many of the fishing fleet, ushered along with disastrous tsunamis in 1964 and 2011. Actually, Crescent City is the most tsunami prone city in CA, with 34 tsunamis in 80 years!
Ahhhh....sunshine makes for a happy cat.
Oh, and we moved campgrounds. Lisa needed better internet so she could "work from home" so we both moved to a city run campground on the ocean in Crescent City. No trees but what a view! The first RV in the picture is us.
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