The first day in Eureka

(Today's blogger: Joshua) On Thursday we woke up not preparing to go to church even though it was the Holy Ascension.
That's because the day before we had searched for a Orthodox church on the GPS and the closest one was really far away.Then Mom went for a morning jog and saw bumper sticker that said''Orthodox Eureka.'' So Dad went on the internet for their phone number and called them and asked them what their address was. They told him and he said that church started in in one hour. So we all ran around to get ready. We go there only a few minutes late.
When we went inside we saw somebody my dad knew from a college conference, Josh Nicholas and his wife, Amy. More about them later.
After church we set out to explore Ferndale, a town with lots of Victorian houses that mom was excited to see. We walked around and saw a bunch of the Victorian houses and the town cemetery (Maria and I stayed outside for this one). The we passed this candy store called Trudy's. The woman who owned it had been running it for 38 years. She was really nice and we spent a few hours talking with her, and she told us how she was close to all the kids that grew up in Ferndale, including Guy Fieri. Before we left, she gave us some money that she collects in the "Praise the Lord" box. People give her money and tell her God said to give it to her. She said that the Lord told her to give it to us.
Then we went for a drive on the Lost Coast. It's one of the few areas of the coast that's pretty empty because it's so hard to get to. You have to drive a long, windy road to get there. It was really pretty. We stopped by some tide pools where there was a huge starfish and sea anemones. It was really windy that day. That day was a lot of fun.