Carpool at the pullout for Gualala business directory north of bridge 8:05 am, at 8:15 am in Anchor Bay and 8:40 am at Manchester School parking lot for this longer than usual drive for a hike. This will be a one way hike so a shuttle will need to be arranged. We will start at the parking area for the Pygmy Forest Natural Preserve that is located beyond the airport on Little River Airport Road. Hikers will walk the Pygmy Forest boardwalk trail and then wait for the drivers to come back after they drop off cars at the beach at the entrance to Van Damme, our ending point. We will take the logging road to the Fern Canyon Trail and walk mostly downhill to the entrance to the park. This hike is longer than most, probably more than 5 miles, but is incredibly beautiful, mostly shaded with mixed evergreens, ferns, shrubs and the sound and sometimes sight of Little River in the background. The trail is narrow in spots and there are tree roots so good shoes and hiking sticks will be helpful. We can eat at the beach or the picnic tables in the park at the end. As an extra treat after lunch we will visit the Ford House Museum in Mendocino where there is on exhibit through August the winners of this year's California Coastal Art & Poetry Contest. The Coastal Commission received 2,850 entries for the 2019 contest and awarded ten winners and 39 honorable mentions in the different age groups. An extra benefit besides being struck with the talent and appreciation of the coast by these young people from grade one to grade twelve is reading their statements about their art.
Leaders: Mary Sue Ittner and Bob Rutemoeller
photos contributed by: Mary Sue and Bob
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