SKAGGS SPRINGS WEST TWO FISH ROAD HIKE (NEW)

Carpool at 9:30AM at Gualala Business Sign or at 9:45 at Sea Ranch Lodge. Drive to Stewarts Point 2Fish and park cars.  Hike will start from 2Fish at approx. 9:55.   We will walk Skaggs Springs Road inland from 2Fish for 2ish miles and then retrace our steps. There is some elevation change but this is a road hike which is mainly through forested paved road which follows a lovely stream and is full of ferns and trees.  It’s the perfect road hike for the rain. We will reward ourselves at the end with lunch at the Two Fish Bakery at Stewarts Point. If you want to buy a sandwich at the store, please call ahead with your order (707-785-2011) or you can bring your lunch.
Leader: Harmony
Mileage: 5.6
photos contributed by Bob and Harmony

CORMORANT, BREAKER MEADOW, OHLSON BEACH, SHELL BEACH LOOP

Meet at 9:45 at pullout for Gualala business directory north of bridge and at 10:00 at Steve and Bonnie Coffeysmith's house, 339 Bluff Reach, corner of Bluff Reach and Cormorant Close (right on Breaker Reach, right on Hedgegate, left on Bluff Reach.). Walk to marker 30A and follow the hedgerow to marker 30D. Turn right and follow the trail to 26D and continue on Breaker Meadow Trail to 25D. Take the bike trail from 25D to marker 21, passing by Knipp-Stengel Barn. Turn right to Ohlson Beach, then return to 21, turn left and walk along the bluff to marker 24, overlooking Stengel Beach. Follow the bluff trail from 24, 24A, 25 to marker 31. Check out the cormorant nesting area at the point, then continue along the bluff to Shell Beach and loop back via 33, 33A, and Cormorant Reach to complete the loop. Enjoy your bag lunch at the Coffeysmith's on their deck or if it’s a rainy day, in the house and out of the elements.
Leader: Steve Coffeysmith
Mileage: 5.2
photos contributed by Bob

GUALALA POINT PARK # 3

Start at Hidden Parking Lot at 10:00. You can park on westside entrance just left after pulling past the fee post. If you have a pass, bring it as there is a fee to park in the park. Or park across the street and cross Hwy 1 if you do not have a pass.  Hike from there down to the beach but instead of going to the beach go south past the restrooms to the bluff.  Bear left on bluffs and continue on Bluff Trail until you intersect Salal Trail. Hike Salal Trail to Hwy 1, turn left and follow frontage path back to the Park and the Hidden Parking lot. If it is very wet, can retrace steps instead of taking the Salal Trial. Lunch at the Hidden Parking lot tables or by the poles.
Leaders: John & Lynn Walton
photos contributed by Bob

IRISH BEACH POMO LAKE, NEW TRAIL AND FOOTBRIDGE (NEW)

Meet at 9:35 at pullout for Gualala business directory and at Anchor Bay (west side of Hwy 1) at 9:45 to carpool. Drive north to Irish Beach and mile marker 25, turn right on Sea Cypress road to Cypress Circle to park. The hike will start at approximately 10:30. Walk around Irish Beach including going down to the beach and back up, to Pomo Lake to walk on the new improved trail and new foot bridge, then through Irish Beach ending with lunch on Gary and Susan’s deck overlooking the ocean.
Leaders: Gary & Susan Levenson-Palmer
Mileage: 4.6
photos contributed by Bob, April and Harmony

CROSS-SECTION OF SEA RANCH

Carpool at pullout for Gualala business directory just north of bridge at 9:45 and park at the Olson Ranch at 10:00. Cross the highway at the White Barn and walk UP Hugal Ravine (this is the hard part) to Sea Bird and the end of Schooner.  Take left fork at Post 109A joining the Ridge Trail. Walk north to Post 111, where we will turn left on the Cluster Trail and go down by the Clusters at Madrone Meadow and cross the highway again at post 266 catching the trail to the bluff. Turn south. Leader’s choice for lunch spot: Stengel Beach, Ohlson Beach, or one of the picnic tables.
Leader: Theresa Yuen
photos contributed by Mary Sue and Bob

DMC LOOP #4

Carpool at 10:00 am at Gualala Business Sign pullout just north of bridge or meet at 10:15 at the Del Mar Center on TSR. Hangtags needed for non-Sea Ranch hikers. Start from the Del Mar Center by crossing HWY 1 onto Deertrail. At the trail post 132A turn right to access the Azalea Loop Trail, taking one of the loops to trail post 128. Turn right  to take "Leeward Spur Connector". Cross highway to Leeward Spur, left on Leeward Road, right on Osprey to Bluff Trail, then north to post 49, taking trail to Tide Pool, turn right to Sea Drift and left on Leeward Road to cars. Lunch in the Del Mar garden or the Secret Place behind the Del Mar Schoolhouse.
Leader: Adrian Adams
Mileage: 3.7
photos contributed by Harmony and Mary Sue