hello bloggineers we are at little river
inn in mendocino and today we're going
to show you the fun things you can do in
fort bragg
you can order breakfast here at this
hotel with the order form you have to
specify the delivery window and then
choose the breakfast you want there's
also sides and beverages and then it
says please clip outside your door
before 10 pm the night before
all right
and then
when the morning comes
you get breakfast
for breakfast i got the eggs benedict
i'm having breakfast out here in the
patio and i got pancakes egg and baby
we are at liquid fusion kayaking and
we're going on a kayaking excursion
liquid fusion kayaking offers classes
and tours that are personal educational
and fun
mr jeff is our tour guide today and he's
teaching us the basics of kayaking
so brother and i are riding in one kayak
and i hope it's not like a mistake
because
because hopefully we're strong
along the way mr jeff is telling us
about the plants and animals and he
pointed out an osprey nest on top of
that tree
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all right
we're maybe 30
30 minutes in
and so far we're holding up okay uh but
we're not really recording much so that
we can focus on paddling so
right now i'm making
right now i'm doing all the paddling so
that brother can pull do you want to get
wet
no
i already got wet okay
we bumped the riverbank but it's no big
deal because we can easily paddle out
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the water here is so clear
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okay so we're like maybe 45 minutes in
and uh the whole time we've been going
against the current and i'm getting a
little tired of my arch like this
because we have two little kids here
but the good thing is that
the good thing is that on the way back
we'll be going with the current we're
gonna try to catch up to mr jeff so we
can bump his kayak
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so we're on the way back now brother and
i decided to try to bump the instructor
multiple times but each time we get
close to him like he
he just goes away
because he's super fast
on this trip we saw wildlife such as an
osprey a mama deer and baby deer and
harbor seals and that is the kayaking
experience uh hmm i'm not sure how um
what our mileage was but we definitely
went far we saw a few harbor seals
they're so cool they like half pop out
of the water and then they go back in
and uh oh yeah and we spotted deers
which i was not expecting i was only
expecting marine stuff
my arms are kind of tired at the end but
i think if i went with an assault my
arms wouldn't be as tired but i mean
they're not like too bad so overall it
was a fun experience a great workout my
favorite part was bumping all the kayaks
yeah our tour guide said we were allowed
to bump him uh
so so we did a few times but a lot of
times like we approached it he he pulled
away that was funny
and it i i don't know how much footage
we got from this but if we didn't get
much sorry it's just like when we're
kayaking we need momentum and we only
have two hands
and we're trying to go fast to see a lot
of things
our next stop is the guest house museum
built in 1892 this was the private
residence of the first mayor of fort
bragg
this is a centennial quilt from 1989
because the city was founded in 1889.
paul bunyan is a mythical american
character they sent his boots and made
the great lakes and this is his original
attacks
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this is actually waffle maker i don't
know how maybe you put the waffle of
this
waffle
what's it called waffle syrup
now we're going up to the second floor
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wait is this a hamster
ready
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these are some of the artifacts found at
the glass beach which we'll be going to
later in this trip
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fort bragg used to be a lumber town so
this museum has a lot of that type of
thing so this tree book was actually
peeled by hand
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and that is the guesthouse museum it was
pretty cool i liked how there was a lot
of history about uh the lumber well we
only had like 20 minutes here so i guess
if we stay longer we could read more of
the signs to learn about history but
basically the gist of it is that fort
bragg used to be a lumber town yeah if
you're in fort bragg i suggest you stop
by and spend some time here so that you
can learn more
now we are at the mendocino coast model
railroad and historical society this
organization builds model train layouts
depicting scenes from the railroads that
surf the redwood mills along mendocino
coast
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it's going outside
so the train actually
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and that is the mendocino coast model
railroad and historical society i like
how you can watch the little trains go
all around the train tracks both inside
and outside the building also this is
one of the most developed model train
sets that i've seen like if they even
have
cotton stuff for the cloud on to the
next stop
this is just imagine we're moving on the
train to the next stop
now we're going on the skunk train such
a strange name maybe it's a stinky train
this train transports passengers through
the redwood forest of mendocino county
with departures from fort bragg and
willits
we just boarded the skunk train and you
can choose to be outside or inside and
you can move around at any point but
right now we want to stand outside also
did you know that they're going to
release steps during the train ride and
if you've been bad you'll get sprayed
just kidding
all aboard
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we're passing a cemetery
so today we'll be riding the train for
25 minutes to glen blair i think it's in
the middle of the redwood forest and
then we'll be stopping there for 25
minutes and riding 25 minutes back
so this is called the skunk train
because back then the train burned a
mixture of gasoline and other oils and
it smelled really bad and the locals
could smell it before they actually saw
the train so they called it the skunk
train
we have arrived at glenn blair
so we just got off the train and we're
going to keep packing until my timer
rings and then we'll turn back because
if we don't miss if we don't make the
train i don't know what's going to
happen
so we have to make it back to the train
in 10 minutes and we're like in the
middle of the woods so we might record
we might not maybe our next scene will
be safely on the trip
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now we're going to check out the inside
of the tray
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and that is the skunk train it was
pretty cool i like
how once you reach your destination you
get 25 minutes to
explore what's the place called glen
blair the ride was pretty cool and my
favorite part was standing outside
watching the view and 25 minutes is
enough to explore some of the forest on
to the next stop
the next attraction is the neuo center
for marine science this is a place for
innovative marine research and education
and features a 73 foot blue whale
skeleton
this is a touchless interactive exhibit
oh i want to do about sea lions right
there
this is the skull of an alaskan walrus
and that tusk is my armlet
i touched him a piece of bailey
and then you can feel all the difference
i have never touched a sea lion skull
before this is an orca eyeball that has
been preserved
this is an orca skeleton and the orca
was found dead at the beach in 2015 he
or she died from entanglement in a crab
pot line and that eye that we saw back
there that was from the orca as well now
we're gonna check out the ocean
immersion dough
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lastly we're checking out the touch
table
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that is the noyo center for marine
science my favorite part was the dough
where you can dive into many different
sections to see what's all around the
ocean i also like the dome because of
the echo and the place where you could
touch all the ocean objects that was
cool too
this little museum is free to visit they
do accept donations and it should take
you like 15 minutes to see the whole
thing
it's time to check out the sea glass
museum oh yes
this museum offers a range of colored
sea glass and a gift shop
let's check out the black light
there's a ton of sea class that glow in
the dark
and that is the sea glass museum my
favorite part was glow in the dark room
because you can see many sea glasses
that glow in the dark i liked seeing all
the different colors of sea glass and i
was also surprised to find out that here
at the glass beach taking the sea glass
is legal because
i thought it was illegal but
apparently it's illegal uh well anyways
when we go to the glass beach i hope
there are still some remaining and we're
probably not gonna take anything
our next stop is triangle tattoo studio
and museum
our final stop is glass beach i found
two pieces of sea glass but
i'm only taking one that way
there's still some left
i think red is the rare color in the
pictures on google this speech is like
filled with glass but then like the
recent reviews and stuff are saying uh
that there's not as much glass on the
speech now since people are taking them
i'm not going to take them even though
it's legal because
that'll be
in this patch there's like really tiny
pieces of sea glass mixed with other
materials and if you lower the camera
and take a picture then you can be
tricked into thinking it's a whole beach
full of sea glass and i think that's
what the pictures on google might be
doing and that is glass beach it is very
cool i like how you can look at all the
sea glass and
collect them but don't collect too many
of them i'm actually surprised that we
found this many because i thought they
would like all be taken i mean we're not
gonna keep all of this so yeah if you
come here basically in addition to
enjoying this nice scenery you can go on
a little treasure hunt that's it for a
day stay tuned for more videos bye