Summer Vacation 2024

Way back in 2015 we took a little vacation to Trinidad, CA. I think it was only 3 days. No vacations since. We decided to go back to Trinidad and spend a little more time. We stayed at the same place as before, View Crest Lodge. Great little place. Microwave, fridge, Keurig AND breakfast! In the evenings you could hear the seals barking on the beach.

 

Didn’t do a lot, mainly enjoying the wonderful nature that God provided. Drove up the Avenue of the Giants. My idea of what Heave should look like. Went to the Lady Bird Johnson Grove. Visited Sue-meg State Park, where they have reproduced what a traditional Sumeg village looked like. They also have a nice native plant garden to wander through. Agate beach is there, but the climb down (and then back up!) was beyond me.

 

Shops and restaurants are pretty pricey in Trinidad, and we went forewarned. We had a pretty good dinner of shrimps and chips and the BEST CLAM CHOWDER at Trinidad Bay Eatery and Gallery. We ate inside and saw Adam Schiff and his wife out on the patio. All in all, not including tip, it was $70. The food was good, but the price tag hurt.

 

One night we got a pizza at Headies Pizza & Pour and took it back to the cottage to eat. VERY good pizza. Sticker shock wasn’t as bad for that one. Large pep and mush $26.

Our last night there we got deli sandwiches at Murphy’s Market. About $7 each. Very good sandwiches.

 

The last time we were in Trinidad we saw TONS of elk. Absolutely none this visit. Nada. Zip. Zilch. They must’ve been on vacation themselves, since it was after Labor Day and the season was over.

BUT---WE SAW ONE LONELY BANANA SLUG!! Totally worth the trip…

 

I made an album of the pictures on my FB page. There’s a video Marv took of the Tall Tree and it’s in videos. Don’t know why it got posted twice.

 

All told, great little vacation. Hope to get back there again sometime.