As I mentioned in an earlier post, I will be headed to Northern California next month for a little business and pleasure mixed together. My intended destination is the area known as Sea Ranch located about 100 miles north of San Francisco along the coast. Sea Ranch is a quiet little unincorporated area that has become a popular vacation spot. Not widely known, Sea Ranch is actually filled with repeat customers every season as people are always coming back for more peace and quiet and getting back to nature once they discover this beautiful little part of the country. There are many ways to experience Sea Ranch. You can stay in an upscale hotel, a Country Inn, an historic hotel, or perhaps a small cottage in the tree covered cliffs. There are also many homes for rent, whether for a week or a season. There is also camping for anyone interested in sleeping with the bears.
Just about 10 to 12 miles north of Sea Ranch is a quaint little town known as Gualala. Gualala 
(pronounced locally as wa-la-la) used to be a very profitable logging town, providing much needed lumber to the San Francisco area after the earthquake in 1906. Tourism is now their main source of economic resource. Gualala is named after it's perfect location where the "river meets the sea". Being in Gualala is like being in a novel and turning back time. You can sit for hours on the beach and never get enough of the view or the undisturbed wildlife that surrounds you. I plan to take a "moonlight float' down the Gualala River while I am there, and of course I will also be using this wonderful place to refine my amateur photographic skills (or lack thereof). Speaking of photography, that leads me to the reason for my trip. I will be attending a photographic arts showing in the Burnett Gallery of the local Gualala Arts Center.
I have made my reservations for lodging at The Breakers Inn and I look forward to writing about it upon my return. I have made arrangements to take a tour of the property and their facilities so I will have more to share with all of you.
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Have a great day!
Posted by: eunice | 29 June 2008 at 05:07
Great posts about the delights of Sea Ranch in California.
This is all very new info for a Brit like me who is unlikely to ever be lucky enough to visit a place like this, but likes to know that they're there, just in case.
Dont know if I'd sleep with bears--it would probably depend what they're wearing!
Posted by: wudbskibum | 29 June 2008 at 08:54
Footy pajamas, of course!!!
Posted by: Annie | 29 June 2008 at 16:00
I like the sound of Wa-La-La - perhaps we could try singing it in our cars.
In our cars, we are all masterful-singers. :)
(Thanks for dropping by yesterday - it made my day.)
Posted by: Ken Armstrong | 30 June 2008 at 14:52
I like the sound of Wa-La-La - perhaps we could try singing it in our cars.
In our cars, we are all masterful-singers. :)
(Thanks for dropping by yesterday - it made my day.)
Posted by: Ken Armstrong | 30 June 2008 at 14:53