POMO TRAILS AND FOREST

Note the newt!

Carpool at pullout for Gualala business directory just north of bridge at 9:50. Meet at Dard's (205 Screech Owl, Sea Ranch) at 10:00. It's East on Halcyon (North end of Sea Ranch) North on Deer Trail, West on Screech Owl.  Starting on Screech Owl, do entire Pomo Creekside Trail. Turn left on Deer Trail and walk until you catch the Pomo Hillside Trail.  As this trail exits to Deer Trail take the Badger Trail to the dirt road, turn left and after a few hundred feet take unofficial trail to right through the grass and over a flattened to the ground barbed wire fence to the county campground road. Turn to the right and walk to the campground. At the bottom of hill take unofficial trail heading toward river and explore this beautiful area. Reverse and start back. Cover the route taken inbound to dirt road, turn right to Post 152 turning left on Haversack connector trail.  Take it exiting on cul-de-sac which traverse turning right on Deer Trail.  Turn in on Pomo Creekside trail and return to beginning. Lunch at Dard's at the end.
Leader: Dard Hunter
MILEAGE: 4.3

PLANTATION TRAIL - BRUCE JOHNSON STUDIO

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.  Drive to the entrance to Salt Point Park on Sea View Road . Enter the park on the trail, turning right on the Plantation Trail when you come to it. Walk to Kruse Ranch Road, turn right and walk up the hill to Seaview Road and return to cars along the road. If we have been lucky enough to have a lot of rain we may modify this to a road hike on Sea View Road as the Plantation Trail can be muddy in winter. Afterwards we will drive to Bruce Johnson's studio where we will have a tour of works in progress and eat our lunches. Visiting Bruce has always been a treat in the past. We haven't visited him in almost 10 years and he has many new works in progress for us to see. To learn more:
http://formandenergy.com
Leader: Mary Sue Ittner

AIRPORT ROUNDABOUT: FLY CLOUD, DEEP WOODS, SEA RIDGE

Meet at 9:45 at pullout for Gualala business directory north of bridge and at 10:00 at Jane Seck's house at 304 Spar Close. Turn on Annapolis Road from Highway One, left on Sea Ridge, left on Pilot's Reach, left on Spar Close. Start at the end of Spar Close; right on Pilot's Reach; right on Sea Ridge Road. Continue on Sea Ridge across Annapolis, where it becomes Timber Ridge. Walk Timber Ridge, Fly Cloud, Westgate Drive to Timber Ridge. Continue along the trail until Verdant View, cross Annapolis and turn right on the trail a short distance to Timber Ridge, where you turn left. Walk along Timber Ridge turning right on River Beach Road, to Deep Woods Drive, right on East Ridge Road to post 311, left on trail to post 313 left on Timber Ridge, right on Spring Meadow, left on Sea Ridge. Turn right on Pilot's Reach, then left on Spar Close. We will eat our lunch at Jane's house after we hike.
Leader: Jane Seck
MILEAGE: 4.1

STORNETTA - POINT ARENA PUBLIC LANDS

Meet at 9:50 at pullout for Gualala business directory and at 10:00 at Anchor Bay (West side of Hwy 1) to carpool or at the entrance to Stornetta Public Lands where Lighthouse Road turns right towards the Lighthouse at 10:30. Walk the spectacular bluff toward the old Coast Guard Loran site (now owned by Mendocino Community College) seeing blow holes, sink holes, islands, waves and enter the new acquired public lands to view this spectacular spot. After we have walked about an hour, we will turn around and retrace our steps finding a suitable spot for lunch along the way. Note that much of this is cross country over undeveloped trails on uneven ground that has been grazed so you have to watch where you step.
Leader: Mary Sue Ittner
MILEAGE: 4.5

LEEWARD ROAD - BLUFF TRAIL

All Photos: Bob Rutemoeller

Carpool at pullout for Gualala business directory just north of bridge at 9:50 and at the Del Mar Center at 10:00. Hang tags needed for non Sea Ranchers. Walk south on Leeward Road until it intersects Sea Pine Reach, accessing the meadow trail at Post 43B. If it is too wet, we can stay on the road until reaching Pacific Reach (Post 34B.) Turn right on Pacific Reach and walk until you intersect the Public Access trail to Shell Beach. Turn right on the Bluff Top Trail and follow it to Walk On Beach. Follow bluff (as much as possible) back until you get to post 49 where you take the "Portal Babbling Brook" connector to Tide Pool, Sea Drift and Leeward to the Del Mar Center. Lunch at the end in a suitable spot.
Leader: Linda Kennedy

RAMBLING WITH ANNIE /GROUP POTLUCK

All Photos: Bob Rutemoeller

Carpool at 9:45 at pullout for Gualala business directory north of bridge and meet at Annie Brayer's house at 40256 Foremast on The Sea Ranch at 10:00. Turn west on Deer Trail, south on Leeward Road, right on Pelican, right on Foremast. Those with Sea Ranch stickers should park along the road so those without can park in her driveway.  We are suggesting that this be another one of those popular soup/salad potlucks. We can leave our food at Annie's. Walk north on the Bluff Trail for about an hour with leader's choice for Del Mar Meadow Trail, Leeward Road, or Bluff for return to her house.
Leader: Annie Brayer

CRISPIN LANE

photo credit: Bob Rutemoeller

photo credit: Bob Rutemoeller

Meet at 9:20 at pullout for Gualala business directory and at 9:30 at Anchor Bay (West side of Hwy 1) to carpool. We will drive to Crispin Lane in Manchester, parking at the Grange. Hike starts around 10:00 a.m.  Walk to the end of this county road. We will pass green fields and have lovely views of the ocean on our way back. This road starts out relatively flat and then goes slowly up so we'll coast on the return trip.  When we reach the lane to Francesca Tyrnauer's, we will turn left. The walk to her house is an interesting one and we will eat our lunch there and then return to our cars. This year we added on a short segment and walk to "The Glen".
Leaders: Bob Rutemoeller & Mary Sue Ittner
MILEAGE (with "The Glen"): 6.1