We have taken several courses through OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute).
Lighthouses and Shipwrecks by local historian, Ray Hillman, included a tour of the Trinidad Lighthouse. This is the view from the lighthouse, 196 feet above the ocean. Unbelievably, one December storm sent a wave into the base of the rock throwing a wall of water over the top of the lighthouse, knocking the light off of its track. Hard to imagine as we looked back at our beautiful coast.
The mast of the steamer Corona, shipwrecked in 1907, inbound from San Francisco. In what should have been a routine crossing of the Humboldt Bar, the captain, for some reason never explained, gave the wrong order to the helmsman and he obeyed. The correction came too late.
While most of the ship is buried under sand, the large boiler is above the sand. These bolts have seen a lot of salt and sea (and surfers - a favorite spot). We also visited the site of the wrecks of the Milwaukee (Samoa Beach), the Bear (mouth of Bear River), and the Northerner (Centerville Beach). We also had a chance to climb inside the first order Fresnel lens, kept at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds. Isn't she a beauty?
We have taken several courses through OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute). Lighthouses and Shipwrecks by local historian, Ray Hillman, included a tour of the Trinidad Lighthouse. This is the view from the lighthouse, 196 feet above the ocean. Unbelievably, one December storm sent a wave into the base of the rock throwing a wall of water over the top of the lighthouse, knocking the light off of its track. Hard to imagine as we looked back at our beautiful coast.
The mast of the steamer Corona, shipwrecked in 1907, inbound from San Francisco. In what should have been a routine crossing of the Humboldt Bar, the captain, for some reason never explained, gave the wrong order to the helmsman and he obeyed. The correction came too late. 
While most of the ship is buried under sand, the large boiler is above the sand. These bolts have seen a lot of salt and sea (and surfers - a favorite spot). We also visited the site of the wrecks of the Milwaukee (Samoa Beach), the Bear (mouth of Bear River), and the Northerner (Centerville Beach). We also had a chance to climb inside the first order Fresnel lens, kept at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds. Isn't she a beauty? 
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