LINDA'S NEW HOUSE POTLUCK

Linda our hostess and leader

Andy our host

Meet at 9:40 at pullout for Gualala business directory and at Linda's house: 37677 White Barn at 9:50. Non-Sea Rancher's will need hang tags. We will leave our food for a potluck at Linda's. Hike starts around 10:00 a.m.  Walk to the bluff trail and head south until post #3 where we will turn inland and head up to the Moonracker Rec center connecting with the bike path behind the center and circling back to Linda's via roads and bike paths. We will end this hike with a potluck soup, salad, and dessert.  (Please pick one of those items to bring). We suggest some communication ahead of time about what you plan to bring with the leaders so we have some of everything.
Leaders:  Linda Kennedy

FISH ROCK ROAD /MENDOCINO REDWOODS

end of the line

colts foot

photo credit: Eric Mills

photo credit: Gary Levenson-Palmer

photo credit: Gary Levenson-Palmer

photo credit: Gary Levenson-Palmer

photo credit: Gary Levenson-Palmer

photo credit: Gary Levenson-Palmer

Meet at 10:00 at pullout for Gualala business directory to carpool. Take Old Stage Rd. to Fish Rock Rd. turning right to follow the signs to the Mendocino County Dump. Park at the foot of the road where the pavement stops where you will meet the leader.  Starting at 10:15 we will be walking on Mendocino Redwoods property.  Please note that you will be asked to sign their release before proceeding onto this private property.  Sometimes the road has changed between hikes so we never know for sure what we will experience. We will follow and cross several tributaries to the Garcia which provide wonderful sites and sounds as we meander along the overgrown logging roads. This hike has some elevation gain and depending on how fast the group is we will be treated to vista views through the trees.  Walking sticks recommended.
Leader: Harmony Susalla

COUNTY PARK AND POMO TRAILS

How many hikers can fit inside a redwood tree? (see answer below)

Troll hole

message from the Troll

16 hikers that fit inside the redwood tree

Start at Hidden Parking Lot at Gualala Point Park at 10:00  (on westside entrance just left after pulling past fee post.)  There is a fee per car although many of us have passes. Or park across the street if you do not have a pass. Walk down on the County Park Road to the campground and at the bottom of the hill take unofficial trail heading toward river and explore the beautiful forest. On the return up the road take the hole in the fence to connect with the Sea Ranch trails to post 152 to Haversack, turning right on Deer Trail and continue down Deer Trail until post 146 to Pomo Creek Trail. Do the entire Pomo Creek trail loop and back to Deer Trail Road, this time turning right at post 147 to Pomo Hillside Trail connect to the Badger Trail back to County Park Road and back to the cars. Lunch at the picnic tables next to the Hidden Parking Lot at the end. NOTE: Hike was shortened. Pomo Hillside Trail and Badger Trail were cut to shorten hike due to longer than usual ambling.
Leader: Jim Suhr

TIN BARN ROAD TO KING RIDGE ROAD

photo credit: Mary Sue Ittner

photo credit: Mary Sue Ittner

photo credit: Mary Sue Ittner

photo credit: Mary Sue Ittner

photo credit: Mary Sue Ittner

Meet at 9:15 at pullout for Gualala business directory north of bridge to carpool and at The Sea Ranch Lodge parking lot at 9:30. From Skagg's Spring Road turn on Tin Barn Road. Park below Odiyon. Walk to King Ridge Road and back, lunching at the end where there are logs along the road you can sit on. This is a road hike, but with lovely green vistas in the winter and glimpses of the Buddhist Temple on the return.
Leader: Gary Sprague

CURLY LANE

photo credit: Gary Levenson-Palmer

photo credit: Gary Levenson-Palmer

photo credit: Gary Levenson-Palmer

Meet at 10:10 at pullout for Gualala business directory and at Anchor Bay (west side of Hwy 1) at 10:20. We will park east of the fog line on Highway One just south of Curly Lane. Curly Lane is a dirt road that passes through pleasant scenery (green meadows, ponds, cows) making you forget where you started until you see the lovely views of the ocean on the return. This is a short hike, mostly level but some up and down. Lunch optional, but those who wish can have lunch in Point Arena or the Anchor Bay Thai Kitchen after the hike.
Leader Mary Sue Ittner

DEL MAR SOUTH

Carpool at pullout for Gualala business directory just north of bridge at 9:50. Start at 10:00 at Del Mar Center. Hang tags needed. Leader's choice to the bluff and then walk south for an hour before turning around and retracing steps.
Leader: Jane Seck

DMC TO GUALALA POINT PARK

photo credit: Mary Sue Ittner

photo credit: Mary Sue Ittner

photo credit: Mary Sue Ittner

Carpool at 10:50 at Gualala Business Sign pullout just north of bridge.  Start at 11:00 at Del Mar Center on TSR. Hang tags needed for non Sea Ranchers. Hike down Solstice and on to trail going to coast. At coast turn north and take the Blufftop Trail to Gualala Point Park. Lunch on the beach or at one of the picnic tables. After lunch return to the Del Mar Center.
Leader: Tina Vasavada