Eureka!

We arrived in Eureka just at sunset and made a beeline to the beach overlook. I caught the last glimpse of the sun as it gracefully set into the horizon. It was dark and magical.

Where is Eureka? 100 miles south of Oregon and it is the largest deep water port between San Francisco and Coos Bay Oregon. It is the home of California’s oldest zoo, Sequoia Park Zoo and hundreds of preeminent Victorian homes.  Eureka was founded in May of 1850 by the Union and Mendocino Exploring Company.  It was occupied by logging companies, fishing companies, and miners.

Humboldt Bay had been elusive to explorers since 1579. Weather conditions, the geography, and the very narrow entrance kept it hidden until 1806 when the Bay was documented by Russians but then lost again. It was not until 1849 when explores came upon the bay by a land route that the exact location of the entrance became known. 

Eureka is a California Historic Landmark. 16% of the city structures are cataloged as historically significant. Many of those building being designated as state and nationally significant; about 1500 buildings qualify for the National Register of Historic Places. Some of the styles of architecture represented are Colonial Revival, Greek revival, and Queen Anne.

The average temperature is 53.

 If I disappear you can find me living in Eureka in a Victorian cottage overlooking the ocean.