Photos: Barry Evans

We knew the end was near. She was never meant to be long for this world. Still, it is with some sadness that we bid farewell to Eureka’s Second Street Whale, the roadway mural painted last month during Friday Night Market. Take some joy in the fact that, due to the weather, she actually stayed with us a few weeks longer than originally scheduled — 19 days we dwelled in her wake.

But now she is gone. Swim free, street whale.