I did my first slide show of the trip Wednesday night at the Four-Eyed Frog bookstore in the coastal town of Gualala. Yesterday I headed north for my next appearance in Arcata, the cool coastal town that’s home to Humboldt State College. I can hardly go 5 miles down the road without stopping to shoot photos. The older I get, the more interesting I find the world. It looks like our next building book will be on tiny houses, and I’m shooting lots of small farm buildings for prototypes of practical small-scale construction.
I stayed in Eureka last night, catching up on email and downloading photos via a good Wi-Fi connection at a Best Western motel. Here are a few pics from last night:
A great hometown brewpub. I had two pints of Downtown Brown ale and a huge Chinese chicken salad for $16.
Across the street from the pub; perspective on this 2-shot panorama is a little whacked, but you get the idea.
Billboard on 4th Street. Note: know thy grower. There’s a lot of chemicalized mota out there.
Lloyd,
Thank you for showing us your slides and sharing your stories. I have been inspired by so many of the images you have put in front of me over the years.
Thanks for coming up here, your images and books have really influenced my life. Maybe when you do your book on tiny houses you might like to come to Ferndale to see my tiny goat dairy barn. It's pretty plain but built by me and quite small (12 X 12). And it will be finished by then…right?
Thank you.