Antioch Ranch

This July long weekend, we explored into the Antioch Ranch that is located near the picturesque coastal village of Mendocino. We stayed in Hammer Head cottage and used the South West cottage only for add up, as each cottage allowed only 8 people. The Ranch featured 20 acres of Redwoods, rolling hills, and orchards. The cottages were nestled amongst beautiful towering redwood trees. The firewood was available in abundance for the barbeque.

The cottage had a great deck with a great view for the morning visit by deer’s. The cottages were free from high speed internet, telephone access, satellite TV. This made us free from the tiring working world. Everyday evening we did barbeque outside the cottage and one day was visited by a strange animal which had been speculated as dog or mountain loin or a large cat.

We had a wonderful outing here as there was a great appreciation for silence. During our stay at Antioch ranch, we explored the Mendocino downtown, the beautiful beach close to the downtown, glass beach close to Fort Bragg, hiked to the 6 mile (roundtrip) uphill Russian gulch state park water falls. There were 7 kids in our group ranging from 2 to 10 years and all of them completed the hike successfully.

This is a very nice place to get away from the speed of city life to relax, enjoy the beauty of redwood trees.