Joan & Jeff Message: Happy Holidays

It is the season of expectation and excitement.

It is wonderful to see in the kids who are at the Inn. And the holidays are about more: sharing experiences with friends and family and an opportunity to remember and experience the intimate connections with one another and with nature. We are embedded in both here.

And this is the season of joy, the joy of giving and the joy from recognizing all that we have been given. We hope that you experience that and more – our inherent connection with the beauty and wonder of nature – the ant struggling to carry a piece of leaf across our path, the magnificence of the sea, and the quiet grace of a the redwood forest.

We wish you joy and gratitude and a wonderful holiday season!

Thank you for adding to our lives,

Joan and Jeff

Christine Gustafson2022-12-19T23:09:49-08:00December 19th, 2022|

Mendocino sits atop beautiful ocean bluffs surrounded on three sides by Mendocino Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The bluffs comprise the Mendocino Headlands and offer walking trails that afford incredible views of the ocean and the lovingly restored 1850’s New England style Victorians which now house restaurants, specialty shops, galleries and provide lodging for Mendocino artists.

The Mendocino Art Center serves area artists as well as artists throughout the United States. All this is the nature of Mendocino, located about 150 miles north of San Francisco on Highway 1.

Besides the natural beauty, visitors to Mendocino will find a variety of things to see and do.

Hikers and mountain bikers enjoy bluff-top excursions to view seabirds, the seasonal gray whale migration and spring wildflowers. Nearby Big River Beach is ideal for family picnics and Big River is an ecological treasure which is easily explored by canoe or kayak which can be rented at Catch A Canoe & Bicycles, too! Montgomery Woods up Comptche Ukiah Road offers virgin redwood groves with the tallest living tree in the world.Redwoods and Douglas Firs dominate the Russian Gulch State Park as well as other nearby State Parks including Van Damme and Hendy Woods. Many of these parks allow dogs on their trails. And at MacKerricher State Park Lari Shea offer horseback riding along the beach.

Mendocino is an ideal destination for LGBTQIA+ travelers and the Stanford Inn & resort provides welcoming lodging, massage and plant-based dining. Mendocino is truly a special destination – it is the “wine country coast” with Anderson Valley wineries within only twenty minutes drive and Sonoma’s fine wineries just an hour south.

Joan & Jeff Message: Happy Holidays

It is the season of expectation and excitement.

Mendocino, California