Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Come on, media. you have one job. start doing it.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

In after Baud. Damn.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

In my day, never was longer.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

Dear media: perhaps we ought to let Donald Trump speak for himself!

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

Elections aren’t won by handwringing, cowering, and/or bashing your own candidates.

The current Supreme Court is a dangerous, rogue court.

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We have another first-time submitter this morning for On the Road.  Welcome, Mawado.  This is how I picture an enchanted forest!

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In the 1960’s, Castle & Cooke (yep, the Dole Pineapple folks) formed Oceanic Properties. The goal was to develop the Rancho del Mar sheep ranch situated in northern Sonoma County, California. The property extends 10 miles along the Pacific ocean.

They assembled a team of soon-to-be heavy hitters to create the place: Lawrence Halprin, landscape architect; Charles Moore, Joseph Esherick, William Turnbull Jr., Donlyn Lyndon, Richard Whitaker, architects. Together, they built Sea Ranch.

The design book for it’s distinctive architecture is simple, timber-framed buildings. Most of the buildings are clad in rough redwood siding or shingles. Some are stained muted earth tones. They often appear to be upscale, modernist takes on agricultural buildings.

Exterior lights are baffled to reduce light pollution at night, and there are no streetlights.

Many of the houses now are short term rentals.

 

 

On The Road - Mawado - Sea Ranch, California
Sea Ranch, CA

The ranchers and shepherds of the nineteenth century planted rows of Monterey Cyprus (Hesperocyparis macrocarpa)  as wind breaks. They have grown into impressive, if a bit eerie, corridors.

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  1. 1.

    Nina

    We stayed there for a Christmas, fifteen years ago. My sister had just gotten an amazing job that paid Silicon Valley money and she flew the whole family out for the holiday. The seas were angry and the skies were overcast for most of the time we were there, but there was one heartbreaking sunset on a quiet day.

    What I remember most clearly is the Sea Ranch Chapel – a building with Gandalf’s hat of a roof.

    Lovely place.

  2. 2.

    Darkrose

    I love Sea Ranch.

    A while back, my wife and a couple friends of ours rented a house for a weekend there. My wife took advantage of thr huge kitchen and made some amazing meals while we all hung out and read and wrote. Good times.

  5. 5.

    namekarB

    15 miles south of Sea Ranch is Salt Point State Park with 26 miles of trails including redwoods, oceanside and native rhododendrons. One of the less commonly known jewels of the California state park system. Plus 30 miles south of Sea Ranch is Fort Ross State Historic Park, a complete restoration of the southernmost fort built by the Russian American Fur Company in 1832.

  7. 7.

    arrieve

    I have always wanted to stay at Sea Ranch. (Occasionally I browse the real estate ads and dream, though I wouldn’t want to spend that much time driving Highway 1.) More pictures, please.

  10. 10.

    Mary Ellen Sandahl

    Ditto the plea for more pictures, please.
    What a wonderful-sounding place. Alas, a low-budget Easterner like me can only dream!
    Think we could get the Biden admin to set up an educational grant-cum-SS-like program for people who would love to travel before they shuffle off this mortal coil, but are short on spare cash? Think how the Repugs would scream..

  11. 11.

    Geomancer

    We stayed at an Airbnb in Gualala just north of the ranch beyond the mouth of the Gualala River.  Way cheaper than staying at Sea Ranch.  There is a large county park with miles of trails at the mouth of the river.  As a condition of allowing the ranch to be developed, six public access trails to the beaches/cliffs are located on the ranch.  Sonoma County parks department maintains the trails.  Here is a link to the trail map: <https://www.sonomahikingtrails.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sea-ranch-coastal-access-trails-map.pdf&gt;

    Parking at the trail heads is quit limited but we almost always found a place in late August of 2019.  Incidentally, the costal geology from north of Sea Ranch to beyond Salt Point is unlike that of the Coast Ranges to the east.  The San Andreas fault follows the Gualala River for many miles, closely paralleling the shoreline.  In my opinion, the sedimentary rocks west of the fault are much more photogenic than the Franciscan complex rocks east of the fault.  Google will lead you to many filed guides to the Sea Ranch area.

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    lurker

    Have stayed at sea ranch and it can be amazing.  The angry seas are something I have seen.  At some point I got to know some of the locals.  Anyone who lives in Stewarts Point or Gualala is very conscious of not living in sea ranch – the relationship tends to be strained for various reasons.  I suspect the transition away from longer term residents to later generation owners who use the area for short term stays and rentals may make that somewhat better.  Definitely an interesting place.

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