…One recent Saturday morning saw us heading into the Jackson Demonstration Forest from a trailhead a few miles up Little Lake Road…
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…this particular itinerary just makes us happy because it feels like a crash course in the essence of Mendocino, with a little bit of everything we love about this wonderful area thrown in…
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It’s Whale Festival Time! Here’s a rundown of all the cool activities available this month as we celebrate our cetaceous neighbors in the sea…
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Yesterday, I went on a pilgrimage. I went to Montgomery Woods, to the towering redwoods and whispering silence of nature’s own cathedral…
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…We had gotten a little taste of the joy that inspires the passionate enthusiasm of the dedicated mushroom forager. And we were ready for more!
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…We love this unique, up close and personal introduction to some of the amazing natural history in our area, and we have definitely been remiss in not sharing it with you earlier…
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…this morning we decided to get away from the world and simply be quiet for a little while…
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Ah, fog. Lovely, cooling fog. Yes, it’s gray and damp. But oh how beautiful a backdrop it is for Mendocino’s craggy cliffs and crashing waves, for our towering redwoods and meandering rivers and streams…
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Oh sunset, sunset. Such a lovely time of day…
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“Wow, just wow.” We stared up at the trees standing off the steeply twisting trail ahead. We knew these were redwoods, but they looked more like fantastical creatures from a J.R.R. Tolkien tale than the monolithic giants we were used to seeing in the forests around Mendocino…
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…if we were forced to rank all the amazing hikes around here in some sort of order from Favorite Hike Of All Time to I Guess We Can Walk There If You Really Want, Russian Gulch would be pretty far up there near the top…
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…we had logged roughly 3 miles of meandering through what may have become our new favorite. Seriously. We’re going back with a picnic soon!
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…We were already familiar with some of these tiny trails, but others were brand new to us – so we went out and explored!…
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…We were chatting recently with several local friends about this romance that fills the air, and we came up with a list of the best places to get into the spirit of things…
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…After too short of a pause, we hefted our packs and headed back down the trail, content that we had indeed found the perfect place for putting our forest bathing ideas into action…
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…Of late, we’ve found ourselves starting almost all of our ocean-side strolls at the Noyo Headlands Park trailhead located on the southern section of the Coastal Trail that runs along the western edge of Fort Bragg. Why?…
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…we’ve schemed up a little sightseeing excursion of our own heading south down the Mendocino coast. Nothing crazy, just enough to fit comfortably in a day…
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…For those who are in the mood for something away from the crowds though, one walk that continually stands out in our minds is the trail at Spring Ranch…
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…For the past couple of decades, the greater Mendocino community has been celebrating this annual parade put on by our water-loving neighbors with a full season of Whale Festival events…
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…we find ourselves daydreaming of longer days, of spring, of wildflowers.
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