Location: US-101 and roads from Humboldt to Cherry Grove, OR
Soundtrack: KSLG (Nine Inch Nails, the new Modest Mouse, etc.) and then my MP3 player on ‘shuffle’
I drove up yesterday after getting an oil change for my truck and spending a bit over an hour out at Mad River beach west of Arcata (in picture). I used to go out there a lot when I lived here, just to meditate on the ocean and be on the edge of the world. I’ve actually rather enjoyed being in Humboldt this visit, but I still think there’d still be too many ghosts here to be able to live here permanently.
I have never seen the highway between Arcata and Portland up the coast quite so sunny – it’s almost disorienting.
