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 Can't head north without crossing the Golden Gate! The closer thumbnail links to the only AVI movie taken during the whole trip. |
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Early on, Pam and I passed by this ginormous moss covered rocky hillside that I think even bordered a river! Nothing in the bay area is like that... But it's so close by! |
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 There were at least a few "drive through cities" along the route, and one included this rather interesting "jail motel". |
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Haven't you always wanted to live in a dome? |
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The Skunk Train! My family went on that in, like, the 4th grade! Before heading to Humboldt, that was the furthest north I'd been. |
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Ha! I know someone who will LOVE this shot. |
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Of all names a restaurant could have... |
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Now we're finally in tree country. This roadside place had all sorts of carvings, even one of Shrek! |
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 Snow! Rarely see that at home, if ever. |
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Bridges started to become more frequent up this way, for sure. |
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I think this place was called Confusion Hill, but we didn't get out of the car. It was interesting enough from the window! |
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I don't quite remember why I took this pic... Maybe we were worried of a detour? |
  
Low clouds make for majestic views! |
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A bigger bridge, though unused, perhaps abandoned or under construction... Our car was on a different bridge when this was taken. |
  
A bigger river, most likely the Eel River. Alongside the first of
thesethree pics, I believe, is the Avenue of the Giants, which
deserves its own section on Page 2 of this GPicturama entry! |
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We reach our destination in Fortuna the night before the wedding. |
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We had about half an hour for the both of us to get ready in the motel after searching for a breakfast location, so here's me after putting my tie on in the car. |
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It was cold that day for sure, so we still wore our coats inside! |
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Boy, I know what your responsibilities are... :-) |
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Pastor and Groom. |
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Mother is walked in. |
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Cute little ring bearer. There was a flower girl, too, but she was having a fit, and the only "decent" pic I got was of her glaring at my camera! I wisely chose not to include it here. |
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Father of the Bride. |
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Bridesmaids. |
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Groomsmen. |
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 Aww, so sweet. The bridesmaid shown gave a heartfelt speech, and was a sister to the bride. |
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Hold hands, please. |
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You may now kiss the bride! |
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I liked what they organized for the aisle, where people would hold up flowers to walk under as they passed each row. Creative and romantic. |
 Some people throw rice... Here, we
blew bubbles! Still made for nice pics. |
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Dunno who this was, but it looks like it's from a magazine. |
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Dance romantically. Gee, they look happy! |
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Just married. |
 This specifically isn't Humboldt State, but
it was driven by on the way there. It's College of the Redwoods. |
 Here we go. |
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With these all over the campus, I'd say this is a college of the redwoods, too. |
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Whoa, they have a "green house." More people should do that these days! |
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They had some pretty big stuff. This specifically was called their Jolly Giant, and probably included a section for food (can't be jolly without food!). |
  
This is just awesome. Living among redwoods, in reddish buildings.
So long as I wasn't among the reported pothead community, I'd be
having a ball. Oh yeah, and no classes... I suppose that's a big
throw off! |
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I think people lived here, too, but I saw a sign somewhere that indicated only faculty. Maybe that applied to this building? |
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This road leads out! (Although we went out, so now we're facing in... Oh, bother...) |
There were at least a few "drive through cities" along the route, and one included this rather interesting "jail motel".
Snow! Rarely see that at home, if ever.
