Found this great new resource I wanted to share with you, one site that lists all the Sonoma County Golf Courses.
Sonoma County has some of the most beautiful and scenic golf courses in the world. Enjoy these maps and reviews, as you plan your golf trips!
Just saw this video for Safari West in Santa Rosa and wanted to share it with you.
Located on over 400 acres in the heart of California’s wine country, Safari West is home for over 400 exotic mammals and birds. Not a zoo, not a drive-through park, it’s a wildlife preserve where the whole family can experience some of nature’s most beautiful animals in a natural habitat.
Established by Peter Lang in 1989, Safari West gained membership in the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, one of only six private facilities in North America to belong to that prestigious organization. The ongoing mission of Safari West is wildlife preservation through breeding, education, research and public interaction.
Take a tour and make sure to include time for this unique experience during your Bodega Bay Vacation!
The town of Bodega, CA is about 5 miles inland from “At the Bay’s Edge” in Bodega Bay.
The biggest landmarks are the St. Theresa’s Church and the Potter Schoolhouse. Both were featured in the movie “The Birds” by Alfred Hitchcock.
Bodega is also home to numerous antique stores, a gallery, and many festivals throughout the year. The Brew Coffee Shop is a tiny, friendly cafe that serves excellent coffee and tea. On a nice day, seats out front are a good place to watch the people go by.
The “downtown” itself is only about a 1/4 mile long but it’s packed with diverse shops, people, and lots of activities. Enjoy!
Every night is better than the last!
Very intense colors tonight on Bodega Bay itself, here’s the view from my deck. Enjoy!
Christo and Jean-Claude will be on-hand to celebrate The ‘Running Fence at 33′. A reception is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12, from 2pm to 5pm. Bloomfield Park, 6700 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield. Free. For details, contact the Sonoma County Museum, 707.579.1500.
The Running Fence was monumental in all regards at the time – comprised of white fabric curtain twenty-four and one-half miles long and eighteen feet high that linked Cotati at Highway 101 to the Pacific Ocean in Bodega Bay. Few stories are more inspirational in the artworld that that of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s struggle to persuade Sonoma and Marin County locals to proceed with this grand project which began in 1972 and was completed on September 10, 1976. It took forty-two months of collaborative effort, two-hundred and forty thousand yards (over two million square feet) of heavy woven white nylon fabric, ninety miles of steel cable, two thousand and fifty poles embedded three feet into the ground, and fourteen thousand earth anchors. The de-installation began two weeks after the fence was completed, and all materials were removed entirely from the site and given to local ranchers.
Christo, at the time, described the project as “a celebration of the landscape” and indeed it was perhaps the first large-scale art project focusing on the natural beauty of rural northern California landscape, a route has since become a famous tourist destination. It will be a pleasure to welcome back the couple that introduced our unique landscape to the world.
