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Hairy Putter's Blog about The Beachcomber Motel!
"Fort Bragg experienced an unusually warm Indian summer this November so I decided to take advantage of the weather and stay at the Beachcomber Motel. Oh, I should mention that it was election night and my dads were, shall we say tense, especially as my dads gave up regular TV several months ago. So staying at the Beachcomber meant they could watch the coverage in style and if the results were not what they would have liked, they had the incredible coastal view to savor as they pondered the future."
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Tracks to Kayaks - Take a train and then take to the river near Fort Bragg.
IT'S JUST A FACT: There are few pleasures in this world that can top riding in a type of vehicle or transport that you don't ride in every day. If it is historic or storied or goes through beautiful country, so much the better. But being conveyed in two different ways, that are very much unrelated, might really be one of the world's biggest treats. Think of toodling along on a bicycle built for two and then going up in a hot air balloon. There is such an interesting combo in NorCal, and it happens right outside of Fort Bragg on the Skunk Train's line.
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America's Greenest Wine Region!
with Parducci Wine Cellars named America's Greenest Winery
In recognition of Parducci's status as the nation’s first carbon neutral winery and continuing dedication to social responsibility and environmentally sound practices, Parducci Wine Cellars received California’s highest environmental award, the Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award in 2007 and 2009.
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Mendocino Coast Candlelight Inn Tours
Choosing from among the Mendocino coast's abundance of picturesque inns can be a challenge:
oceanfront drama or woodsy coziness? Gingerbread and teddy bears, or day spas and golf?
The annual Mendocino Coast Candlelight Inn Tour lets you sample them all,
complete with twinkly lights, food and music.
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Fort Bragg on the Northern California Coast
For years Hollywood has been enamored with Fort Bragg and the northern reaches of the quintessentially craggy Mendocino Coast. It’s a great place to film. Parts of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) with Jack Nicholson was filmed here, as was “Overboard” (1987) starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and “The Majestic” (2001) with Jim Carrey. The 1966 hit “The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming,” which seemed a lot funnier back then, was also filmed at Fort Bragg, Noyo Harbor, and quaint and beautiful Mendocino a few miles down the road.
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The Wild Miles North of San Francisco
Even the famed Pacific Coast highway has a road less traveled:
The Wild Miles North of San Francisco.
You start to feel it about an hour after crossing the Golden Gate Bridge:
a kind of kick-off- your-shoes freedom that comes from crusing along the edge of the earth.
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Celebrate the Wine and Mushroom Festival at The Beachcomber Motel!
Celebrate with our Mushroom Madness Special -Enjoy two nights for the price of one for the whole month of November. Sunday thru Thursday only excluding holidays and holiday weeks. Come join us Nov 6, 4:00-6:30 p.m. for the special Sunset Wine & Mushroom tasting event on Beachcomber Captains Deck. Call us at 707-964-2402!!
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36 Hours on the Mendocino Coast
SINCE the 60s and 70s, when a flood of artists, hippies and back-to-the-landers brought the cosmopolitan counterculture to this corner of Northern California, the Mendocino coast has made appearances on too many television shows (Murder, She Wrote, most notably) and movies (Overboard, for one) to mention. Once a collection of working-class logging, fishing and ranching communities, the Coast as it is called by residents, has become a stand-in for Californian left-coast eccentricities.
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The best kept secret on
the North Coast!
Savvy travelers to the
Mendocino area have learned
the best kept secret on
the North Coast. This time of
year is perfect for others to enjoy
the distinctive advantages of the
Beachcomber Motel in Fort Bragg. Located
on the water, it offers accommodations
to fit any budget and
impressive amenities above and
beyond the scenic waterfront, such
as king sized beds, hot tub, fi replace,
vaulted ceiling, microwave,
refrigerator, DVD with fl at-screen
TV and panoramic ocean view. The
pet-friendly motel also features
Wi-Fi and surrounding decks provide
spectacular views and an ideal
setting for relaxation. Read full article
Mendocino Film Festival June 3 - 5, 2011
The 2011 film selections and special events will be announced on April 28. Tickets for the Mendocino Film Festival go on sale to Friends of the Festival starting April 29 and to the general public on May 9. It's not too late to become a Friend of the Festival and have the opportunity to buy tickets before they sell out. We don’t want you to miss a thing!
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Abalone Season on The Mendocino Coast
Abalone season opens April 1st every year. We are all very excited to get back out there and hunt for that delicious mollusk. Book a ground-floor deck room at The Beachcomber Motel, complete with outdor grills for your use, and prepare & share your Abalone feed in the open air with your friends. Click here for all info needed on restrictions and regulations. www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/pdfs/abalone_brochure.pdf
Fort Bragg and Mendocino offer plenty of pet-friendly possibilities www.Examiner.com
When it comes to a reasonably priced place to stay, the Beachcomber Motel, where this reporter recently lodged with his wife and their two pugs—has the best location imaginable. Less than a mile north of Fort Bragg on Highway 1, the motel offers up-close views of the rugged Pacific, with trails leading down to a never-ending beach less than a two-minute walk away. Dogs love to roam free here, and prudent to keep your eyes peeled for park rangers—who do on rare occasions enforce the on-leash rule.
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Wine and Crab Days Festival on The Mendocino Coast
Join the Beachcomber Motel on the Beach and Assaggiare Mendocino as we host our second annual "Crabulous" Soup Supper in the ocean-view lobby. Watch the sun set and enjoy a sampling of fresh Dungeness Crab Cioppino or Chowder with hot garlic bread and a selection of wines from Handley Cellars. $10/person or $15/couple, RSVP recommended.
Event Type: Food and Wine, Outdoors
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Fort Bragg: You can go home again
Los Angeles Times Article
And things are totally different: gourmet hot dogs and upscale shops. Yet the Pacific and the setting sun — those never change . . .
the view, high above Pudding Creek and out over the churning Pacific, was irresistible for romance and rebellion . . . Driving north on Highway 1, I looked out across the 415-acre mill site, now mostly open meadows and wind-gnarled trees, and glimpsed the Pacific.
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An Article about Fort Bragg in San Francisco 7x7 Magazine
We headed north past Mendocino to Fort Bragg and the North Coast Brewing company. Old Rasputin Imperial Stout is the one I will be revisiting. After we had our fill, we headed up the street to check into The Beachcomber Motel, a cozy motel overlooking the ocean. In the morning we got up early to take the path straight from our room to Glass Beach, a spot that pretty much begs you to get into the Zen of beach-glass collecting.
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Stay Longer for Less on The North Coast ~ from www.visitmendocino.com
Our Day of the Dead festival is in full swing and our Wine & Mushroom festival is close behind...many of our lodging establishments have dropped their prices significantly so that you can afford to come stay with us and partake in the festivities. We have rates starting from $45 a night, to buy a night and get the second night FREE deals! We have lodging near the towering redwoods, in the midst of rolling vineyards, and even on an African preserve!
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Fort Bragg, California: California Dream Town
Fort Bragg is a full-time working town. Though the wild and busy logging days are gone, industry lives on in small mills, construction businesses, and fishing fields. A new Coastal Trail project will rehab a 45-acre blufftop area into a green space of native plants and a system of multiuse trails connecting the town to the beaches
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Sactown Magazine says "ESCAPE TO THE COAST!"
Breathtaking road trips from Mendocino to Big Sur! (and 56 spots along the way!)
Its only about 15 minutes from Mendocino to Fort Bragg but the experience is a very different one. A definite symbol of Fort Bragg's transition is that a historic building that once served local mill workers is now The Company Store, home to a spa, culinary academy and places to eat and drink. The historic photos alone are definitely worth the visit!
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Fall In Love with California's North Coast
Once a booming logging town, today Fort Bragg is a popular spot for outdoor lovers. Jump abord the Skunk Train and let its old steam locomotives haul you through the redwood forests and along the Noyo River. At the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens dahlias, heritage roses, fuchsias and hydrangeas blaze with summer color. { Read full article from Women's World }
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Fort Bragg's Glass Beach in Parade Magazine
...if the glassing is bad or the tide is high (low tide reveals more glass), we dream of the Glass Beaches at Fort Bragg in Northern California and in Kauai, Hawaii, as well as locations along ocean and lake shores where bottles and tableware were once dumped. (It takes 30 years of wave action and high water pH to pit surfaces and smooth edges.)
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Dog Fancy Magazine names Fort Bragg CA #5 in top Dog Friendly Cities!
Dog Fancy Magazine finds the Top dogs: 10 cities where Fido lives a charmed life. This year's contest named the Top 40 dog-friendly cities across the U.S. in honor of Dog Fancy's 40th anniversary celebration. The criteria used include plenty of dog-friendly open spaces and dog parks, events celebrating dogs and their owners, ample veterinary care, abundant pet supply and other services, and municipal laws that support and protect all pets.
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Mendocino Music Festival!
The Mendocino Music Festival is a magical blend of fine music by outstanding performers in one of the most enchanting sites in Northern California. Evenings include breathtaking concerts featuring the glorious Festival Orchestra, the popular Big Band concert featuring guest singers, chamber music ensembles, dance, blues, jazz, world, folk, and popular contemporary music.
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Train Ride through the Trees in Fort Bragg CA
"During our stay in Fort Bragg we combined our redwood exploration with our half day ride on the Skunk Train from Ft. Bragg to Northspur through the coastal forest. Passengers are able to move around the train cars and view the redwoods and wildlife from the observation car, but you will want to be prepared with other games or toys to help active children remain interested in the experience."
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Beach Combing at The Beachcomber Motel in Fort Bragg, Ca.
My husband and I began planning our last weekend getaway in California by listing our priorities: combing the Pacific north coast beaches, exploring the state parks, and riding the Skunk Train through a redwood forest with our three year old daughter. This affordable, family fun was all to be found near Ft. Bragg, along with an ocean view room at the Beachcomber Motel on North Main Street.
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Mushrooms and Mendocino! Read these great articles:
Mushroom Madness in Mendocino County - The Fungi Never Stops ~ from The Tasting Table
Something for Every Interest in Wine Country ~ from The Press Democrat
Ready: Mendocino Mushroom Fest - Save Room for Shrooms ~ from The SF Chronicle
Authors of new cookbook offer class for kids ~ from The Press Democrat Article
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The Five-Point Weekend Escape Plan: Pick Your Pinot in Mendocino County
The rugged valley just west of Napa offers better rates, oceanside vineyards, and hype-free culture. Find postcard-worthy ocean views, mushroom dumplings or one of the mushroom-themed events like a feast aboard the Skunk Train. Then drive from the coast through a forest of giant Redwoods and corkscrew turns
as you make your way to the arid valley.
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The Beachcomber Motel featured in KidAround Magazine!
"We stayed at the incomparable Beachcomber, that sits literally on an easy-to-navigate incline over a stretch of sugar sand called Pudding Creek Beach. Our two kids ran right out of our room's sliding door, down the incline, onto the sand, and never wanted to leave. They built sand castles, played catch with the waves and marveled at crabs while I marveled at them."
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6 Food Festivals That Are Worth the Trip
Your summer grill may soon go cool for another year, but the nation's fall food festivals are just heating up. Northern California's Mendocino County is an internationally renowned wine terroir—and when the autumn rains hit, the region comes alive with wild mushrooms with The Wine & Mushroom Festival (November 6–15) and that happy annual invasion with mushroom-themed menus in area restaurants and much more.
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 Abalone Season on The Mendocino Coast in Fort Bragg
California's popular red abalone sport fishery season opens annually north of San Francisco Bay. Divers from near and far visit the Mendocino Coast in Fort Bragg to dive for this beautiful and delicious gift from the sea. Here at The Beachcomber Motel (abalone central!), we offer spacious barbeque decks and grills for your family and friends to enjoy a wonderful abalone feed after a day of diving.
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Northern California Getaways Examiner:
Which Northern California County offers summer festivals with cowgirls, salmon, art, and music?
Some destinations rely on their notoriety to draw tourists back year after year. Mendocino County has a different agenda. Combining rich redwood forests, windswept beaches, and artsy towns with one-of-a-kind festivals, San Francisco's northern hippie neighbor makes it nearly impossible not to take advantage of her riches year after year.
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Beautiful Sea Glass at Glass Beach Fort Bragg CA
Glass Beach - Attracting curiousity while bewitching. Wave-worn and abundant, Glass Beach's beautiful treasures of polished glass are spread along the shoreline of this section of The Mendocino coast. What is now a beach covered almost completely in polished sea glass treasures, Glass Beach started as the town dump in the mid 1900s - which was then the Sunday-go-to-meetingplace, a weekly social gathering.
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Planning your brewery tour of the Pacific Coast CA
By Scott Martelle, LA Times, June 04, 2009
Driving is the only way -- and is the whole point. It's a much more interesting coast when you stay off the big roads. Use Highway 1 and U.S. 101 whenever possible. Where to stay? The Beachcomber Motel, 1111 N. Main St., Fort Bragg; Decent prices and a first-rate location -- the ocean right outside your door.
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In Fort Bragg on The Mendocino Coast ~ A Better Place to Just BE
When you mention Mendocino, most people think of the coastal town of
Mendocino Village. But the county of Mendocino, covering more than 3,800 square
miles, encompasses a wide variety of terrain, from epic blustering coastal bluffs to
majestic redwood forests and rolling hills velveted with vineyards. And stay at The Beachcomber Motel where the ocean is your front yard...
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 Surfing Lost Coast - National Geographic Top 10 American Adventures
Somewhere along the 80 miles of glorious northern California wilderness coastline between Fort Bragg and Eureka is a secret surf break as perfect in form as in setting. The Lost Coast wave is the stuff of American legend: a big, consistent, year-round swell that washes onto a rocky shore with high energy and perfect curvature—fast, clean, with long, long sweeps.
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Beachcomber Resident Artist Dan Frei with The Mendocino Calendar Girls!
Mendocino Art Center 50th Anniversary Exotic Calendar
"Remember the 'Calendar Girls' movie? That was a beautiful thing, but the pictures were predictable Once you've seen one, you've practically seen 'em all," Wagner said.
Hence, the 20-month, 2010-11 Mendocino Art Center 50th Anniversary Exotic Calendar, due for publication Aug. 1 at $25 at The Beachcomber Motel!
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Historic Mendocio Heritage Days
Coming to The Mendocino Coast May 2009 - The Annual Mendocino Coast Heritage days really has something for everyone and all ages. Many events will be taking place and have been put together to celebrate our historic preservation efforts from water towers to heritage roses to lighthouses. {
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Art Splash Whale Migration...at the Fort Bragg Whale Festival!
The 27th Annual Fort Bragg Whale Festival scheduled for March 21 - 22, 2009. Art Splash…Whale Migration will feature art by more than 70 professional and community artists whose work will be sold at silent auction to benefit to artists and community. A beautiful whale sculpture is on display in our lobby at The Beachcomber Motel, on the beach!
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Road Trip Mendocino from OUT Magazine
Napa and Sonoma are well-trodden routes; Mendocino, not so much. Its isolation has served it well. This part of Northern California is sparsely inhabited, refreshingly underdeveloped, and about as friendly a slice of America you'll find. Mendocino feels more like New England than California ...
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Treasure Hunt - Beachcombers revel in the booty that winter storms wash ashore
Try Winter Beachcombing at The Beachcomber Motel!
As serious beachcombers know, prime time for finding treasures of the tide is winter and spring, after storms travel throughout the coast, delivering and exposing onto the beaches such finds as fossilized snails, clams, all manner of shells, the occasional Japanese glass fishing float, petrified wood, rainbow assortments of polished gemstones, and much more.
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 Paddle on a mellow, meandering, evening paddle of the Noyo Harbor and River. Enjoy a relaxing pace (or lack of pace), evening lighting, and bird watching from a kayak. Great blue herons, night herons, kingfishers, osprey, cormorants, ducks, geese, gulls, and migratory birds are commonly seen in the river, on the banks, flying overhead, or perched in the trees.
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 Mendocino is named a Preserve America Community
CONGRATULATIONS TO MENDOCINO ON BEING NAMED A PRESERVE AMERICA COMMUNITY!! There are only 23 in California!! The official White House letter received from Honorary Preserve America Chair Laura Bush states: "The preservation and enjoyment of your historical and cultural resources celebrate an important part of our nation's heritage. You honor our nation's past and inspire and educate for the future."
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 Travel green with these eco-friendly California cities
Mendocino
A former logging town turned historic preserve — bordered by state parks, with redwoods in one direction and ocean cliffs in the other. Half the county lands are protected. If the locals had their druthers, that percentage would probably increase. Mendo residents are artists, small farmers, organic winemakers, Berkeley graduates or a combination thereof. {
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Going Green on The Mendocino Coast
Here at The Beachcomber Motel, we take conservation seriously -- along with a rapidly growing number of Mendocino Coast businesses, institutions, and residents; preserving our natural resources for visitors and locals alike. { read more }
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Flights to The Mendocino Coast
Convenient and inexpensive flights into our nearby Sonoma County Airport -- from Las Vegas, LA and Seattle - enjoy our ocean, the redwoods and do some wine tasting, for your perfect ocean getaway to The Mendocino Coast in Fort Bragg! For more info, visit: sonomacountyairport.com,
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Movies Filmed on The Mendocino Coast - SHARK SWARM! - The Mendocino County Film Office is pleased to announce the airing of "SHARK SWARM" Filmed in July 2007 - featuring The Mendocino Coast and areas of Southern California. { Watch trialer! }
The Fort Bragg Coastal Trail Expands - Reconnecting to our coast - Fort Bragg California, a town of 7,000 residents located on the remote and spectacular Mendocino Coast, is a three hour drive north of San Francisco. {
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So... You want to live on the coast - Where can you buy a home for $150,000? $500,000 and $1 million plus? We have 16 appealing and surprising options to consider. Living on the coast doesn't have to be just a dream. Though only a few of us can afford a mansion on Maui, simpler homes on other coasts may well be within reach.
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Mendocino Wine & Crab Days and Taste Mendocino - Coastal Living magazine has a list of the top 10 seafood and wine festivals in its June issue. One of the 10 is "The Crab & Wine Days and Taste Mendocino" here on The Mendocino Coast. This is a winter festival held over several weekends in late January/early February celebrating Dungeness crab season. Cooking classes, crab tours, fishing excursions, dinners, and crab cake cookoff & tasting! - Associated Press
California Wine Country 101
Take a virtual trip through Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino Counties, an American feast for the senses like no other, a journey where savoring the best wines, food, spa experiences, and outdoor adventures (picnic anyone?) is commonplace. Here's to an exercise in gourmet, picture perfect indulgence.
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Seafood and Wine Festivals
These events celebrate two of our favorite things -- seafood and wine!
Read more about Crab & Wine Days in Mendocion CA! Showcasing locally caught crab and locally produced wines, this celebration (January 23 and 24, 2009) kicks off Taste Mendocino.
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Hanging Out in Mendocino
Mendocino is a beautiful county in one of the most unspoiled areas in California. There are redwood forests, lakes, beaches, and views that will take your breath away. Many outdoor enthusiasts live here just so they can take advantage of Mendocino running, walking, hiking, birding, cycling and horse-back opportunities.
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Mendocino County is Fun for Fido - Pet Friendly Fort Bragg - From the majestic redwoods to the rolling hlls of vineyards to the craggy Pacific Coast, Mendocino County has long been a refuge for artists and animal lovers from all walks of life. { read full article }
The Pudding Creek Trestle Renovation is Complete! - A ribbon cutting ceremony was held recently for the opening of the restored Pudding Creek Trestle! For the first time in decades, people may now "walk the haul road" across the trestle, connecting Ten Mile Beach with the City of Fort Bragg. See more at:
mendocinofun.com,
youtube.com,
yachtchartersmagazine.com
Fort Bragg Mill Site - Busy Year Underway - The vision of a redeveloped Fort Bragg mill site moves forward this year as Georgia Pacific completes several environmental studies. The city of Fort Bragg has recently hired RRM Design Group to help guide the development of the Specific Plan for future land use. Read more at fortbraggmillsite.com
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