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[TimeTravelersCoinExchange]

Lived in Trinidad for a long time. People are kind. School is amazing. Everywhere is beautiful. Temp lows in winter are about 30 and Summers in the 70's. If you seek a peaceful place to exist. I have found no where more magical.

[msfit]

Lived in Eureka in 1971-72 right after getting married. We had a very small income so our entertainment budget for the month covered one 33 1/3 vinyl album or a book, 2 tickets to a 99¢ movie at a formerly condemned theater in Arcata, and a 1 gallon jug of Red Mountain wine. I remember seeing Gone W/ the Wind at that theater and everyone jumping up off the folding hard wooden seats at intermission and rubbing their backsides. Also, the air was heavy with the scent of grass. Everyone said that Humbolt's biggest cash crop was marijuana. Gas was cheap in those days so we drove all over the county on weekends and did a lot of hiking at Patrick's Point and Prairie Creek state park. Whenever we were up that way, we made a point of stopping in Trinidad for the best clam chowder you could ever hope for. The town looks a lot bigger now. I also remember the old--and "dirty"--nuclear power plant that was upwind from the Eureka elementary school. I have read the plant was closed down a long time ago but the fuel rods are still stored on site because there's no place to move them. It was a beautiful county. It rained a lot but that was what made it so green and lush.

[vincestubbs]

Live in San Diego and love it but Trinidad is one of my favorite places. It's AMAZING!

[Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant]

We used to stop there whenever we were in the area in the 80s and 90s.
I remember always stopping by the lighthouse to get some food. It was more of a fancy place back then with steak and seafood if I recall correctly. I still have a banana slug magnet, a handmade mug, and a book about local marine biology signed by the author which I got from their gift shop.
My mother used to purchase shells from a store there for her collection. I remember one she splurged on was $850 which was a lot for a little shell especially back then.
Thank you for stirring up old memories.

[milomateer]

Trinidad is the perfect place to settle down and raise a family. I’m college student in Arcata, humco born, I love going to Trinidad to surf and enjoy the beach. Not much to do but when I’m older and want to have a family it’s perfect, and Arcata and eureka aren’t far away to do things. The biggest downside to Trinidad are the airbnbs and vacation homes. Less people are actually living in town these days because everything is an airbnb so rent is going way up. That is really unfortunate 😊

[kevinbrowning]

I used to live in Trinidad. It’s nice to have easy access to the beach. But it’s cold, foggy, windy and rainy. And pretty boring. If you don’t mind those things, it’s a nice place.

[kerryabruzzo]

Great video, thanks! We lived on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in 2001-2002. My wife had a payback obligation with the IHS and worked in the clinic on the reservation. We would drive over the mountain every weekend to surf the Jetty in Eureka, Camel Rock, Patrick’s Point, and Crescent City. We checked out every surf town on the North coast. Great memories of big waves and wonderful people. Thanks again 👍🏽

[NoraS-K]

My husband and I were just on a weekend road trip for memorial day weekend. We stumbled upon the town of Trinidad by accident, and wow!! Absolutely breathtaking. They have the most beautiful beaches we've ever seen. They remind us of pictures of the the Caribbeans! White sands and baby blue waters. Especially Baker Beach. 🩵 we definitely wanna visit again in the future

[jesssimpson]

My wife and I spent a couple days in Trinidad a few years back and really enjoyed it, we stayed at the Emerald Forest Cabins. I recommend it for anyone looking for a quiet getaway.

[farcinue]

We visited Trinidad last year and really enjoyed the area. Our dinner at Larrapin may be one of our biggest surprises.

[bradsanders]

I was camping at Patrick's Point by the time I was born, may been carried over there in utero.
We would usually spend 2 weeks with other families camping there. Launching our ski boat out of Trinidad harbor on that sketchy railroad track thing that went into the went way out to find fish usually.
Hunting agates was of course the thing. I still have lots of them. Im 66 now and still riding motorcycles on back roads from Chico to the coast and all over.

Once, we were there after a storm and agate beach had huge piles of driftwood etc that washed in, some of us kids found a whale had washed in under the driftwood and was buried. The coast guard had to dynamite it and haul it out in pieces later on.
Its in the papers from back in that day, 1972/72 or so. I never get tired of the North Coast.


It is a bummer that Katie's Smoke House is no longer there, been gone a long time I guess but I loved that place.
They had the best smoked fish of all kinds, amazing delicacies and great people.
We would drop a salmon or two off for smoking and pick it up later, so good!

[flingonber]

Born in Humboldt County, it's definitely a really beautiful area but the weather is horrible and the crime is disproportionately bad.

[varkadegames]

Watching from western Pennsylvania. My cousins live here, I couldn’t afford to live in Trinidad. But one day I’d like to visit. 🙂✌️

[beatpirate]

i visited on the way past arcata to klamath. its super cute. there was an awesome kayak instructor who is from santa cruz who moved up during pandemic! i found a few great food places. i dont remember now but one place was popular for sandwiches and ice cream fresh made w fresh waffles!

[rgmcmichael]

Nice presentation. I hope you get lots of leads.

[dennislesh]

I did live in Trinidad, CA. We moved there in 1957. I was in the 6th grade. We lived there for 1 1/2 years and then moved just south to Blue Lake, CA. Loved the area.

[ianstewart]

Just beautiful! I applied to Humboldt but did t get in, went to SFSU instead. Would’ve been so different. Thanks for this and good luck on your job.

[tamitatangoto]

I live in Humboldt county California in the town of Eureka, just down from the Carson Mansion.
It is in Old Town so it is a tourist spot.🎉❤

I think Trinidad is beautiful. I have been there so many times. The seascape is fabulous and the eatery on top of the hill has great black blackberry cobbler with ice cream.😮

The area is extremely beautiful because of the Ocean 🌊 the Rivers, The Redwoods, and the lakes. AND don't let me forget the Mountains. We have it all here.🎉❤

[Iluvcollecting]

It’s an absolutely beautiful area of California to visit for vacation! Beautiful, in the summer time!

[Cletus_the_Elder]

I think more and more people from California are going to be moving to towns like Trinidad, with the rise in crime and general plummeting of livability in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California. I don't know if things are set up for aging retirees who might want walkable places, libraries, churches, a modest cultural center, and a well-equipped hospital. City folk might have misconceptions of Humboldt, imagining there are huge cannabis farms and rough, tribal hippies who tend them. I met a few off-grid cannabis growers and they weren't the nicest people I've come across. I like neighbors who get along and respect the law.