Patrick’s Point State Park

Patrick’s Point State Park--52 miles in one day!  And I stopped in Eureka to have my brakes replaced, 21 miles into the ride.

Patrick’s Point is gorgeous.  The hiker/biker area is off by itself near Lookout Rock, and it is huge and covered with trees.  The park itself is enormous, with three separate campgrounds and an example Yurok village.  The village was constructed by modern Yuroks. 

Starting at the Visitor’s Center, I hiked off into the trees toward the Yurok village, and the first thing I came to was a Yurok canoe, carved from a single redwood tree.

The inside has a handle and something that looks like an area to sit in.

Then you walk some more until you come to the actual village.  Apparently, the Yurok traditionally segregated sleeping areas, with the women and children sleeping in the regular houses, and the men sleeping in the sweathouse. This is one of their regular houses.

And this is one of the sweathouses, completely underground.  Women were not allowed into the sweathouses, except for medicine women.

The entire Yurok village is set deep in the beautiful woods of Patrick's Point.