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( 866-520-9875, 707-482-5911;
www.ravenwoodmotel.com
;
131 Klamath Blvd; r/ste with kitchen
$75/125; )
The spotlessly clean rooms are better than anything in Crescent City and individually dec-
orated with furnishings and flair you'd expect in a city hotel, not a small-town motel.
Historic Requa Inn
HISTORIC HOTEL
A woodsy country lodge on bluffs overlooking the mouth of the Klamath, the creaky and
bright 1914 Requa Inn is a North Coast favorite and - even better - it's a carbon-neutral
facility. Many of the charming old-time-America-style rooms have mesmerizing views
over the misty river, as does the dining room, which serves new Native American, organic
cuisine.
Crescent City
Though Crescent City was founded as a thriving 1853 seaport and supply center for inland
gold mines, the town's history was quite literally washed away in 1964, when half the
town was swallowed by a tsunami. Of course, it was rebuilt (though mostly with the utilit-
arian ugliness of ticky-tacky buildings), but its marina was devastated by the 2011 Japan
earthquake and tsunami, when the city was evacuated. Crescent City remains California's
last big town north of Arcata, though the constant fog (and sounding fog horn) and damp,
'60s sprawl makes it about as charming as a wet bag of dirty laundry. The economy de-
pends heavily on shrimp and crab fishing, hotel tax and on Pelican Bay maximum-security
prison, just north of town, which adds tension to the air and lots of cops to the streets.
Hwy 101 splits into two parallel one-way streets, with the southbound traffic on L St,
northbound on M St. To see the major sights, turn west on Front St toward the lighthouse.
Downtown is along 3rd St.
Sights & Activities
If you're in town in August, the
Del Norte County Fair
features a rodeo, and lots of char-
acters.
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
is 10 miles inland.
