The plan for the day depended entirely on the weather: sunshine=hiking, clouds and mist=hunker down. With stay home in the forecast for the morning, we got some chores done.
After lunch we took off to Crescent City for groceries. Along the way we stopped at a local tourist trap. This place consists of a large gift shop with a $20 guided tour of the redwoods and an ice cream shop on the right, and a nice little Native North American museum on the left.
In the parking lot guests are greeted by Paul Bunyan and Babe. Via a hidden camera and a microphone, a guy greets visitors with a wave of Paul's hand and encourages them to ask questions.
Duane, Brock and Leola admired the life-sized carvings around the lot.
I included this information for anybody who didn't get to grow up hearing tall tales of Paul Bunyan and Babe.
We stopped here at the suggestion of someone in the rv park.
It held quite a hodge-podge (mostly donated by collectors) of Native American art, tools, and clothing from many different tribes --woodlands, plains, and coastal--across Canada and the northern United States.
Some of the artifacts were prehistoric,
most dated from the early 20th century.
Basketry was well represented
Woodland
Plains
This three piece ensemble consists of a headed hide shirt, hide pants, and a decorative gorget.
I found three items particularly interesting. One was this hand drill which was used for, among other things, drilling holes in small shells to be used as money.
Another was this Inuit (coastal Alaska) seal intestine coat.
I found the construction of this Chilkat (coastal Alaska) robe
On the way home after visiting the museum and shopping for groceries, we were glad to see the sun had lifted some of the heavy fog that hid the ocean views all day.
Fingers crossed for some sunshine tomorrow,
Louise and Duane
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