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FORT BRAGG

There's every reason for a whale festival here! Noyo Harbor is the major harbor for whale watching trips asea along the Mendocino coastline!

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Pudding Trestle, (CC) Art Poskanzer

Today this affable burg offers a variety of experiences for its
residents and visitors alike. You'll find museums, a working-man's fishing harbor, shopping, redwood forests, excellent restaurants, ocean views and access, scenic train rides, and festivals to celebrate the wonderful bounties offered by land and sea.

Heading for Fort Bragg? Recently we did just that with a group of friends. While there, we stayed in these charming, themed little cottages just south of town. Historic, super clean, friendly and accommodating staff, attractive grounds - I can highly recommend Shorline Cottages, and you can book your stay with them at HotelsCombined

Guest House Museum
More Ft. Bragg Photos

• Shop for
  antiques, local artists works in a variety of media, African crafts, hand-crafted folk art, rare and out-of-print books, ecosmart clothing, garden art objects, home decor...
• Stroll, kayak, board a whale-watching or sports-fishing boat, dine on scrumptious fish and chips and other fresh seafood delicacies, browse the unique offerings of Sacred Woods - all at Noyo Harbor...
• Ride the Skunk Train as it criss-crosses the Noyo River through coastal mountains and scenic redwood forests...
• Explore the only botanical gardens in the continental United States that has ocean-front footage - Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens - 47 acres of beautiful paths and trails, pooches welcome!

Glass Nuggets from Glass Beach; Photo by Suzi Rosenberg

• Discover Glass Beach - a fascinating example of how Mother Nature can correct man's mistakes!

  At one time people were using this spot to dump all kinds of trash into the ocean - sort of an unofficial city dump - the practice was finally stopped and over the years the pounding waves have polished the pieces of broken glass into smooth-sided gem-like rocks to delight us; you'll find lively tidepools to explore there as well

• Mendocino Village is the one with the reputation as an artsy place, but Fort Bragg has at least as many galleries and resident artists as Mendocino does...

  Visit during First Friday when the galleries and shops highlight local artists' works - and speaking of art, you won't want to miss a visit to Triangle Tattoo, combination Tattoo Parlor and Tattoo Museum!

• Take the self-guided Oddities Walking Tour and discover a stagecoach step, horse-and-buggy hitching rings, the Otis R. Johnson Wilderness Park, and many other strange little things you wouldn't expect to see in the 21st Century

If you have time - and be sure to make time if you possibly can! -
visit some of these other areas of Mendocino County as well - you won't be sorry you did!

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