North Coast California Tourism
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Garden Valley Ranch - Petaluma, California
Garden Valley Ranch - Petaluma, California
Most people love the look and smell of roses. When you tour the Garden Valley Ranch you will certainly be able to see enough roses to fill the desires of nearly everyone. There are over 10,000 rose bushes in their cutting garden filling the whole area with color, beauty and the scent of roses.
The Garden Valley Ranch began as a bed and breakfast inn in 1981. It soon succumbed to Ray Reddell’s love of roses and he changed the focus into a rose ranch in 1998. He took this nine-acre ranch and began selling and shipping over a quarter of million blooms throughout the country.
The ranch is located just 37 miles north of the Golden Gate Bride in Petaluma. Petaluma is a town unequaled for its preservations of pristine Victorian homes and authentic 19th century commercial buildings. Many communities have allowed these fabulous homes and buildings to be destroyed to make room for the newer facilities and homes but Petaluma had the vision and wisdom to retain the homes and create a beautiful town showcasing the past. Many of the buildings at the ranch were built in 1890 and have earned the National Historical Landmark status.
Safari West - Santa Rosa, California
Safari West - Santa Rosa, California
Do you want to go on a safari but don’t have the time to go to Africa? Here, at Safari West, you can see the animals, get up close to them and never leave the states. There are over 500 individual animals at the location for your pleasure. The mammal, bird, and reptile collection has over 100 different species from Africa and other points around the world.
The mammal species are native to Africa and represent omnivores, herbivores, and carnivores. The birds’ species of Safari West are native to many continents and countries such as Africa, South America, Papua New Guinea, and even the United States.
There are antelope, Barbary sheep, Watusi, cheetah, gazelle, giraffes, impalas, zebras, warthogs, and hundreds of others for you to see.
Skunk Train - Fort Bragg, California
Skunk Train - Fort Bragg, California
Take a trip back in time and ride the Skunk Train at a speed of 29 miles per hour through the towering trees, see deer drinking from the Noyo River, get a peek at a cabin sitting in the forested area. The train has been running this same path, the coastal "Redwood Route" since 1885. Now it takes you on a trip that will have your camera clicking and the memories in place for years to come.
You will chug through tunnels; go over bridges and past open meadows on your trip. Sitting there, looking out over the beautiful terrain will give you a feeling of what it was like for the loggers that worked this area in the 19th century, hauling the timber to Mendocino Coast sawmills.
Petrified Forest - Calistoga, California
The Petrified Forest in California is an Incredible Place to Visit. People around the world love coming to California to see all of the different and wonderful sights available. One of the most impressive of these sights is the Petrified Forest located in Calistoga, California. A visit to this park is akin to stepping back in time about 3 million years.
Bodega Bay - Bodega Bay, California
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The beaches of the area offer a wide expanse of sand at Salmon Creek which is where the creek meets the ocean. Surfers find this one of the best places to catch a wave, kids like the sport for skim-boarding, and the youngest can splash in the calm waveless waters of the creek. Just north of Bodega Bay on Hwy 1.
The Wooden Sculpture Garden of Romano Gabriel - Eureka, California
The Wooden Sculpture
A little bit about the creator: Romano Gabriel, a carpenter and gardener, took 30 years of his life to make the hundreds of brilliant and arresting objects he placed in front of his home on Pine Street in Eureka. Gabriel fashioned his brightly painted trees and flowers out of vegetable crates, adding droll faces and figures to create a fantasy for the delight of all that view his work.
The Carson Mansion - Eureka, California
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This is one of the most photographed Victorian houses in
Hiking in The Redwoods, Crescent City, California
Redwood
This area offers an unbroken trail that begins in the beautiful and stately redwood-covered mountains and ends on the rugged, beautiful beaches of the
California Wine Trails
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California Beach Weddings
California Beach Weddings
Having bonfires on the beach is somewhat of a state passion in California. Everyone does it. Teenagers do it to sneak away with their friends and drink beer. Their parents do it to catch up with old friends or have family outings. It is legal in many California beaches, and tolerated on most of the rest of them. As long as you are willing to keep your bonfire contained and take precautions to make sure that it doesn’t become a runaway forest fire, the Rangers will be happy to let you have it.
