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A hundred miles north of San Francisco on California Coast Highway 1, the Sonoma/Mendocino Coast meets the Pacific Ocean in a magnificent display of nature. Ocean waves crash upon the rocks, California Grey Whales pass on their annual trek from the Arctic to Baja California and back again, colonies of Sea Lions and Harbor Seals frolic in the surf and beautiful stretches of sandy beaches beckon the beach comber as The Sea Ranch provides a quiet but active respite from the stresses of the everyday. The Sea Ranch is the ideal location for your Northern California coastal experience. Covering more than ten miles of the Sonoma coastline, the several thousand acres of large, open, and natural settings interspersed with award winning architecture, is truly unique and recognized worldwide for environmentally sensitive planning and architecture. Rental home range from luxurious ocean front locations to cozy cottages tucked away in the Redwood forest. All of these rental homes are fully furnished and equipped. Many have outdoor hottubs and other special amenities Also available are miles and miles of hiking trails, both along the ocean bluffs and through Redwood forests, beach combing, tide pool exploration, abalone diving, fishing (ocean and river) kayaking, horseback riding, tennis courts, heated swimming pools, bicycling on more than 40 miles of private roads and trails, and much more. For the golf enthusiast, The Sea Ranch Golf Links, one of the most challenging links style courses west of Scotland awaits you. 18 championship holes that will test your shot-making ability and provide for you a links style experience complete except for the kilts. The Sea Ranch Lodge provides comfortable and spacious accommodations in a spectacular location with an adjoining full bar and excellent restaurant facility. Both facilities are ideal locations for Special Events such as the annual RCMS Annual Benefit Tournament . Short day-tripping from your Sea Ranch Community home base affords you many other opportunities. These include visits to: the coastal "artist's colony" village of Mendocino, scene of numerous movies including "The Russians are Coming," and "Cabot Cove" from the "Murder She Wrote" TV series; the Mendocino Coast, Alexander Valley, Dry Creek, and Anderson Valley wineries; Ft. Ross, originally settled by Russians in the 1800s; a number of State and County parks; a "Pygmy" forest; three fishing villages, Ft. Bragg, Point Arena, and Bodega Bay with deep sea fishing possibilities, and innumerable other attractions. The small Mendocino coastal village of Gualala lies just one mile north of the Golf Links and provides the necessary shopping opportunities from groceries (two supermarkets) to video rentals, gasoline, restaurants, hardware, in addition to churches, a medical clinic and pharmacy. The Sea Ranch, the ideal place to relax for a shorttime or a lifetime. Read on for an interesting recitation of the history of this area that has been blessed by nature and unspoiled by man. |