not amsterdam but...

cattales1960 · Post by **cattales1960** » Sat 12th May 2007 01:44 pm

DH and I are heading to Humbolt county in Northern california next week to stay with some friends who relocated there many years ago. For those of you who dont know what that is, well lets just say its the closest place to amsterdam that america will see. Everyone grows and smokes and no one cares. The smoke is good too. SO IM excited.

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Sat 12th May 2007 04:04 pm

You will love it. I used to live in Arcata. Youv'e got the ocean, forests and the mountains are not too far. In the summer, we used to head east to a river for swimming. Can't think of the name of it, but you can ask around. Moonstone beach has some great rock climbing. Also I would recommend visiting Gold Bluff Beach where the entrance to Fern Canyon is ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern_Canyon ). Excellent hiking, and the beach has elk on it.

Of course all the rumors are true, loads of weed. Obviously, the best time to visit for this is early fall for harvest. I NEVER paid for weed when I lived there. People were more than willing to share buds they or their friends grew. I've even been tipped with weed. If I'm not mistaken, Trainwreck was conceived there.

Have fun.

cattales1960 · Post by **cattales1960** » Sat 12th May 2007 05:42 pm

oh geo.. havwe been there many times.. we go up about every 2 years. thanks though. glad to know someone else knows of this nice area

user54321 · Post by **user54321** » Sat 12th May 2007 09:14 pm

I have a friend from SF, he regularly used to visit Humbolt ... we've sorta lost touch, but I would imagine he still takes holidays there...

I hope to make it there one day too!!! One of those 'to-do' things...

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Sat 12th May 2007 09:48 pm

Have fun Cat. I'd love to view any pics you might wanna post. I haven't been there since '94.

cattales1960 · Post by **cattales1960** » Sun 13th May 2007 03:08 am

oh we always take pics of the new crop/.. will post them for you

user54321 · Post by **user54321** » Sun 13th May 2007 03:28 am

Shame you're not actually posting the crop, rather than the pictures of it

cattales1960 · Post by **cattales1960** » Sun 13th May 2007 04:01 am

lol neldo.. by the way.. did the pig eat the catsquirrel?

user54321 · Post by **user54321** » Sun 13th May 2007 04:13 am

cattales1960 wrote:lol neldo.. by the way.. did the pig eat the catsquirrel?

Strange looking pigs in your end of the world

I don't think that's a pig, and nah - none of my avatar-animals eat each other

cattales1960 · Post by **cattales1960** » Sun 13th May 2007 04:20 am

thats not a pig? what is it a sheep?

user54321 · Post by **user54321** » Sun 13th May 2007 04:40 am

cattales1960 wrote:thats not a pig? what is it a sheep?

I'm unsure.

At first I thought maybe a donkey... then it kinda looked like a rat (see the snout, whiskers and ears) ... now it just looks like a friendly, furry animal - so who cares what it is, it's friendly and it's furry and those are the best kind

cattales1960 · Post by **cattales1960** » Sun 13th May 2007 05:06 am

it is cute