This last week has been pretty exciting.. My first day started out leaving Luv Field on a flight to Vegas in a plane filled with college kids, eager to lose their money, drinkin it up on the plane. If that wasnt bad enough, I had to squeeze in next to a guy who was large enough to fill both his seat and mine. It was the last seat left--my prize for barely making the flight due to the thorough search conducted on my sewing machine which I HAD to bring. I didnt mind having my face pressed up against the window because the flight attendant had told us the plane was goin
g to make a quick stop in Lubbock to shift passengers before proceeding to our final destination. However, when we got to Lubbock we were told that under no circumstances would we be allowed to change seats because they did not want to have to count us too many times to make sure they had everyone--this, we were told, would insure a speedy take off. No such luck. Some girl got off the plane in the confusion (?) and we were counted a dozen or so times. This made us over an hour late to Las Vegas-- and three of us
on the way to San Fran missed our connecting flight. Long story short (I know, too late), I sat in the Vegas airport for 3 hours watching people play slot machines, arrived in San Francisco late, and missed my bus. But, good news! So did Tanvi, another intern. We found a each other by a miracle and later found a couple on Craigslist seeking a ride to Eureka. We convinced them to go in on a rental car with us and 7 hours and $40 later we arrived. Yay!Skipping ahead... On Wednesday the 17th, Claire, Tanvi, and I distributed Humb
olt Exchange newspapers and Local Business Directories around the various towns. Not my idea of a fun time, but there is a plus side to the story. We got to stop at many beaches along the way. Trinidad was my favorite because of all the large rocks in the water and on the shore. It was a beautiful sunny day, however it was windy and a little cool. Did I mention yet that Humbolt County is COLD?!?! Well... not cold. At least not in the direct sense of the word. But for summer--yes, it is cold. 60 degrees to be exact. Coupled with gray skies and fog. Nevertheless, I like it here. The hiking is amazing.Friday, Claire and I went hiking a little north in the Redwood National Park on a trail called Fern Canyon. We found it simply by searching online, a
nd It turned out to be simply wonderful. In fact, it is one of the places where they filmed Jurassic Park: The Lost World. And if you look at the picture you can see that it is true. The redwoods are so incredibly tall and the moss is so green and thick (not to mention the wild Elk)--is was like no place I had been to in my life.Now that I have painted a picture of my new surroundings, next time I will write about what I am actually working on--because today I am fresh out of words..
