NorCal

After the long drive from Portland we finally made it into the great state of California, but not before stopping at a 'jack in the box' in Crescent City, CA (ps this place is a shit hole so dont ever go). The reason I bring up this 'jack in the box' experience is for 2 reasons 'jack in the box' sucks and while we were there, there was some guy who may have had some mental problems or was on something, but the guy kept on walking laps around the restaurant and no one there seemed to notice. We kept on watching him thinking what the fuck is going on while in awe of the fact that no one in the restaurant seemed to notice or even look over at the guy, like he is a regular and does this all the time.So ya that creeped us out but moving on, it's kind of funny when your driving towards the redwood forrest slowing start see the trees get bigger and bigger. These things are unbelievably enormous, its like being in Jurassic Park or something. They tower over you blocking out a good amount of sun, and the branches on them don't even start till about 50ft up. You can't conceptualize how large they really are until you actually see them before we went to our Humboldt family house we decided to check out a thing called 'strawberry rock'. We heard a lot of the locals telling us to check it out so we decided why not. The only thing was that we didnt really know what to expect, was it a strawberry shaped rock? rocks made of strawberries? or something they send visitors on to get them lost. Well strawberry rock is kind of a off the map sort of place so we get some vague directions from some locals and head out. After a fairly steep 30min hike then through a rock quarry we make it up there. Its pretty much a high rock with a great view of the redwoods and the ocean. After playing pioneers we went to meet up with our hosts for the evening. Bridget and Jeremy were super nice and welcomed us with open arms, which is pretty much how everyone has been treating us the whole time. We set around and had a bbq and met Bridget's two other sister who were cool as well. The following day we went and checked out Arcada which is where Humboldt state is and was the inspiration for Springfield on the Simpsons (the creator went to school at HSU). Arcada has a cozy small town feel and is very laid back. It's funny to think that one of a towns main source of economy is cannabis, but with out it this town wouldn't be the same. From people I've talked to the whole west coast (especially the northern part) would not be as alive and vibrant with out it. Most people are actually against legalization because it would take so many jobs away from people and industrialize the industry and potentially corrupt it from the homegrown scene it is now. Until next time god bless america

-mac