Day 10

On our way to the lighthouse, we spotted a "Farmers' Market." In this part of the world, it only takes one vendor selling fruits and veg to label it a farmers' market. Denis and I wandered; Jim and Ardith found things to buy.

Battery Point Lighthouse has been there since 1856. It began by burning lard and then, switched to kerosene. It is now lit by a modern 375mm lens. It is still active. Volunteers live there for a month at a time and offer tours of the living quarters and the lens. Being there is still Covid, we skipped anything indoors.


The lighthouse is only accessible at low tide. There are tidepools around the spit of land that makes the lighthouse accessible. Denis and I spent more time checking out the tidepools than we did looking at the lighthouse. We found the usual critters, sea stars, a few anemones, hermit crabs, tiny fish, barnacles, turban snails, mussels. 


We had heard about Rumiano Cheese when we were at SeaQuake. They make cheese there and sell many different kinds, mostly make by them. While we were there, a shipment of fresh cheese curds came it. They were warm and slightly salty, the best cheese curds I have ever eaten.

When we were at the Farmers' Market, Jim and Ardith were interested in returning to get lunch at the Filipino stand, Rebecca's, so that is what we did. Denis ordered Adobo and I had skewers. Both came with pancit and mine had two lumpia. We took the food back to the campsite to have lunch. While it was good, the adobo wasn't nearly as good as Denis's and we have had better lumpia and pancit.

We wanted another last walk in the area. I'd found a road where you could "walk your pet in the Redwoods." Ardith wanted to walk CoCo and we wanted to go on a hike. We did the Simpson-Reed trail. It was another lovely redwood trail which is mostly a loop. The forest has a mix of trees and a lovely canopy. Underneath the redwoods is a layer of hemlock trees with moss and lichens.Underneath the hemlocks are small maple trees. The ground is covered with a dense layer of sword ferns,, and clover-like redwood sorrel. This is an interpretive trail with lots of signs to read along the way. Since we stopped and read every sign, it took us close to 45 minutes, though the short trail can certainly be done in less time than that.

Here is a website I found after we got back. It looks like a great resource for Redwood trails in the area and as far south as Big Sur.

We had bought New York Sausage Company Gordon Biersch Bratwurst to grill for dinner. I had made caramelized onions before we went to the lighthouse.

After dinner, I met with the "Tony" bookclub via Zoom.


Location: Simpson-Reed Trail, Crescent City, CA 95531, USA

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