Monthly Archive: April, 2007
April 13, 2007 at 1:00 pm
by bruce
· Filed under general, walks, attractions, history
Johanna Jensen of Cowlick’s Ice Cream (she wears many volunteer hats as well) says she and other locals are lobbying Fort Bragg City Hall to save the horse and buggy tie-down rings attached to sidewalks in six different locations.
Yes, you heard right, there are six, big heavy steel rings that once provided a place for folks to secure their horses when coming to town to shop.
Their existence was threatened recently when the city decided they would be pulled up along with the old pavement currently being removed to make way for the new roadway along Franklin Street.
Johanna says “talks” are underway to keep them where they are with the proviso they would be pushed a little lower into the sidewalk to prevent people from tripping on them. At present, must three of the six are threatened.
If you want to add your two cents worth, email your support to citycouncil@fortbragg.com.
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April 12, 2007 at 6:54 pm
by bruce
· Filed under hikes, backpacking
My backpacking pals Wild Bill, The Duke and I have had fewer backpacks than usual last year because of Wild Bill’s knee surgery.
Although a good part of the season was past and The Duke was out of town, Wild Bill and I got out to the Lost Coast (my third trip there, his second) for a three-nighter.
The Lost Coast Trail is 28 miles long, from Shelter Cove, California in the south to the Mattole (pronounced ma-toll) River in the North. Driving north on Highway 1, we turned off at the Honeydew exit and followed the road through Humboldt Redwoods State Park about 35 miles over the King Mountain Range to the trailhead at the mouth of the Mattole River where we camped the first night.
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April 8, 2007 at 11:30 am
by dff
· Filed under general, walks, attractions, parks, gardens
Congratulations to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens for making the cover of the latest issue (March-April 2007) of Via Magazine, published by the Northern California AAA group. The article talks about 10 Western botanical gardens that are devoted to preserving indigenous plants, and it’s auspicious company — including the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii, and the San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum in Golden Gate Park. Beautiful places all, and it’s nice to see our local garden get recognition. The gardens here have a superb collection of rhododendrons, some of which are 20 feet tall.
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April 5, 2007 at 5:50 pm
by bruce
· Filed under general, eats
My wife, Gerry, and I drove down to Gualala today, fifty miles south of Mendocino, for breakfast. I guess it sounds like a big adventure to go all that way for breakfast, but the weather was beautiful, the sun shining and the drive down the coast was nothing short of spectacular. For those of us who love the coast, we like staying on the coast, even if we do leave occasionally to shop or visit friends or see a foreign movie not playing in Fort Bragg.
Gualala is the last coastal outpost in Mendocino County before you cross into Sonoma County. So we decided to drive all the way to the county end of Highway 1 and then head north, dawdling on the way home.
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April 1, 2007 at 2:25 pm
by bruce
· Filed under general, diving
Safety Tips for Abalone Drivers
This item appears on the State of California website about the start of the Abalone Season on the Mendocino Coast:
“Starting April 1, the season reopens for divers and shore pickers to hunt for California’s famous red abalone in waters north of San Francisco Bay.
The open season for the delectable mollusk will run from April 1 through June 30 with a one-month closure during July to give the resource a “breather” at a time of year when abalone take has traditionally been high. The season resumes on Aug. 1 and runs through Nov. 30.
Regulations governing the sport take of red abalone have helped to preserve the tradition of abalone diving and shore picking in northern California for nearly 100 years. For 2007, red abalone regulations include:
• Free divers and shore pickers (16 years or older) must possess a valid sport fishing license as well as an Abalone Permit Report Card (also known as a “punch card”). The use of scuba is prohibited.”
For more, check out the state news release.
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