I Like Thursday #24

I missed a week of I like Thursday because I was traveling and didn't really have an internet connection.  I had cell service, but that was about it.  I have amassed so many pictures of different things. 

This is the Salmon River which run past the home where my Great Grandmother lived.  I love how it is so clear. 

I liked the mascot for Lost Coast Brewery in Eureka, California.  Shark, holding a beer with a surfboard.  What could be better?

I love the dogwoods growing along the roads going into the reservation, and up toward the cemetery.

I miss rhododendrons, and this one at a cemetery in Eureka where one of my great grandmothers is buried is gorgeous.

I adore being able to get fresh seafood.  Fresh Crab Louie at a Bar in the Marina in Eureka, California.

The PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) I have always been fascinated with it, and wanted to hike it.  Here it crosses a road and so I walked it about 1/4 of a mile--running a ridgeline.  Can you imagine having the energy to thru hike from the Mexican Border in California, all the way to the Canadian Border?  2650 miles!

Not far from this portion of the PCT is a little town called Etna, California.  During the summer it is very busy with hikers getting provisions, mail, etc.  It is pretty quiet now because there is still snow up there in the passes.  But there is a super cute diner and they have fabulous home made pie.

I love blackberry pie.  Warmed up with vanilla ice cream, this should tempt any thru hiker off the mountain and into town.

I have family in Etna, so we stopped to have dinner together.  She used to be a mule skinner i.e.  mule driver, back when they would pack people into the wilderness.  Anyway at the local diner, my dad mentioned I am from Detroit, Michigan.  The next thing I know "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey is playing and the cook is singing too me.  So I thought I would leave you with this little ditty.  After listening head on over to LeeAnna's at Not Afraid of Color to check out the other I like Thursday posts.  Maybe by then I will have internet service again!