Today we have discovered a Victorian town of Ferndale and drove through the Alley of Giants. Ferndale is really miniature, but quaint, charming – and as historical as any small town museum. By the way, it will celebrate its centennial anniversary on August 7 this year. It took us about an hour to thoroughly walk it through, including a very interesting cemetery (which my father flatly refused to visit) and to patronize some local shops.(I got some ear rings, and my mom – a jar of honey). Their post office is quite amazing – it still looks the same way as it did 100 years ago!
We entered the Alley of the Giants above Pepperwood, and drove slowly along, making as many stops as we wanted. I am afraid photos do not give these trees the deserved credit… The scale is mind-blowing!
Now we are staying at the Benbow Inn – a historical hotel that was built in 1926 and became a popular haunting spot for glitzy Hollywood motorists, including Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy. Eleanor Roosevelt was also quite fond of it. The building is amazing, filled with antiques. The service is great, the food also. I have abandoned hopes of loosing weight in the face of chocolate mousse and chocolate crepes....But the swimming pool is a hike away across some desert dusty trail… and the carpets in the halls are stained to ugliness…
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