North Coast Get-Away Ride
  - North Coast of California -

Exciting Rides on the Beach and in the Redwood Forest are offered all year round. California's unique climate offers unmatched riding days even in the dead of winter. We encourage riders of all skill levels, including the very advanced. Your horse will be carefully matched to your riding ability, assuring your utmost enjoyment. The horses include numerous individuals who have been ridden to wins and high placing in major endurance races, dressage, and other competitive events. We offer full day rides along the Ocean on Ten-Mile Beach and into the Redwood Forest.

"Cantering over the sand on Tzar... it feels as though I'm astride a smoothly oiled bunch of steel bearings and powerful springs, upholstered in gray horsehide and responsive to my every whim. You know, I originally thought Nature's Ballet a rather prissy, silly name for a big stallion like Tzar's dad. Now I found myself thinking that this is not a bad name... not bad at all."
---Paul McHugh, Feature Writer, San Francisco Chronicle

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2008 Getaways include 4  nights accommodations at a cozy bed and breakfast inn, breakfast and 2 lunches, wine and cheese happy hour. 4 riding days.
5 days/ 4 nights $ 1,375      Single: +$ 295
Superior room upgrade + $110 pp for 4 nights
Deluxe Suite upgrade + $250 pp for 4 nights
Dates: Any time during the year
HT SPECIAL $50 OFF for weekday trip from November to June (except holidays)

Tax:  11%
Meeting:  Fort Bragg
Closest airport:  San Francisco
Horses:  Arab, Russian Orlov, Quarter
Tack:  Western, English and Australian Stock saddles.
Pace: All paces according to riding level
Level:  this trip can be arranged for any riding level from novice to advanced
Transfer:  Rental car or Bus service from San Francisco to Santa Rosa and then to Fort Bragg once a day. Departure SFO airport 12:35 pm.  Best to rent a car.
Note: This trip can be arranged for any length of time with a minimum of 4 days/nights.
Riding helmets are highly recommended. We have helmets of all sizes to borrow free of charge.
No "Happy Hour" when staying at the Cleone Gardens Inn
Other Activities:
Biking, canoeing, whale watching, ocean fishing are available locally.... see details below

Lodging: 
Your standard  lodgings are at the Cleone Gardens Inn (next to the riding stables or in Mendocino at the  Abigail B&B  - Drawing , Magnolia, & Forest room
Superior rooms are at the Abigail:  Meadow View, Forest Suite, Magnolia Suite, Big River Suite and in Mendocino at the Whitegate Inn:
Violet, Garden Path, Daisy
Deluxe rooms/suites are at the Abigail:  Ocean Deck Suite and at the Whitegate: French Rose, Cypress and Enchangted Cottage.
For overnights at the Whitegate Inn we offer a full hot breakfast instead of Continental.

Add a full day Wine Tasting Tour at the beginning or end of your ride from $165 (on availability)! 

Day 1    12pm: 4 hour afternoon ride. Meet       back at the B&B at 5:30 for Happy Hour each day.
Day 2    9:30am: up to 6 hour beach and/or
Redwood Forest. Lunch is included.
Day 3    9:30am: up to 6 hour beach and forest or Redwood Forest. Alternatively a full day wine tour. Lunch is included.
Day 4    10am: 4 hour beach and forest ride.

Sample Itinerary
Day 1: Check in at your inn. Meet at the riding stables just before 2 PM for your 4 hour ride (if you cannot make it for 12 noon --let us know in advance and we can schedule your ride for 2 PM instead). Meet your guide, go over the next day rides, get to know your horse and enjoy your ride. Back at your B&B at 5:30 pm join us for wine and cheese happy hour. Overnight.
Day 2: Continental breakfast at 9 am. Meet at the stables at 10 am in Cleone. We saddle up and go on a full day guided ride along the on the ocean bluffs with phenomenal views over the Pacific, across ranchlands and into the forests. Along the way we stop for lunch at a scenic lookout. Back at the B&B we meet from 5 to 6 pm for wine and cheese. Overnight.
Day 3: Early breakfast and meet at the stables at 9:15 am. Today is again a long ride through ancient redwood forests, with ample opportunity for long trots and canters. After cantering on aptly named Ten-Mile Beach (or walking, if that better suits your style), riders strike inland though an enormous cattle ranch that ranges from the ocean, up the coastal ridges, back into the mountainous redwood forests. Lunch is included today. Alternatively your adventure may trek to the river headwaters, exploring old ranches and game trails.  5 to 6 pm wine and cheese. Overnight.
Day 4: After breakfast another day of riding fulfills a dream for many people, concluding a 4 hour morning ride in a long canter along the surf, while cormorants and osprey circle overhead, and seals and whales cavort off-shore. The afternoon is free for exploring Mendocino and the coast. Optional canoeing is available close by. Five o'clock Happy Hour.
Day 5: Departure in the morning after breakfast.
 

"It's been two weeks since you took us on our family reunion riding vacation and I am still heady from the experience.
I never thought horseback riding could be such fun!
It was absolutely magical and I have caught myself dreaming about being on horseback twice since then. (Something that never happened to me before in my life!) Lari, you were such a great teacher, guide and raconteur. How can we thank you enough?"
Yours very truly,
Caroline Hoyt
May 12, 2004

   the Abigail

Not too many people know that there are over 40 wineries and 16,000 acres of vineyards in Mendocino County. Mendocino produces more organic grapes than any other county in the United States. We have selected only the finest wineries of the Anderson Valley to showcase on our tours. One of California’s grape-growing regions with the coolest temperatures, the Anderson Valley is the pathway for the Navarro River to the sea, with vineyards planted from Boonville to just beyond Philo.
Each tour showcases a select group of Mendocino’s premium wineries. Your low-key tour guide will tell you as much as you want to learn about the history and future of viticulture in the Anderson Valley—or you can just kick back and enjoy the view. Our staff has close relationships both with the small family boutique wineries and the top-name estate cellars, affording us access and privileges for our clients that no other company can offer. Let our expert guides show you the best-kept secrets and hidden treasures of California’s Other Wine Country.           see Images of Wine Tour
 

Gourmet Lunch

Brutocao Cellars   Map #21
Christine Woods Winery   #4
Fetzer Vineyards   #26
Goldeneye   #14
Greenwood Ridge  #9
Handley Cellars  #5
Husch Vineyards  #6
Navarro Vineyards  #11
Pacific Echo Cellars   #13
Roederer Estate   #7

• 2 hour trips ~$25.00 per person - $15.00 for children 10 years and under
• Season: December 26th through April 30th
• Best time: January, February, March
• Festivals:
  • Crab & Wine Days - Last weekend in January, first weekend in February
  • Whale Festivals - First weekend in March, third weekend in March

CRABBING

Come enjoy a terrific adventure while Crabbing! Fun for the whole family. As the SEA HAWK leaves the bay, anglers bait the crab pots and drop them in the ocean. On the way home, they pick up their crab pots and retrieve their crab. Crabbing trips are 4-5 hours in duration and are offered twice a day. Once back at the dock, All Aboard Adventures crew will clean and cook your crab, while you enjoy our big picnic area listening to music and enjoying the atmosphere of the Noyo Harbor!

• 4-5 hour trips
• ~$50.00 per person - includes all tackle
• Season: First Saturday closest to December 1st through July 30th.
• Best time: December, January, February and May, June, July
• Crab cooking: $1.00 per crab (10 crab is bag limit)
• License: $16.55 (if you do not already have a regular fishing license)

ROCK COD FISHING:

All Aboard Adventures fishes the waters out of Noyo Harbor, Fort Bragg. We fish between 50 to 200 feet deep. Due to the remoteness of this area it is unsurpassed in the quality of fish. Limits of lings and huge sack of blacks, china cod, blues, coppers and canaries are generally the rule.

• 5 hour trip
• ~$70.00 per person - includes rod, reel, bait and all tackle
• Season(s): January 1st through February 28th
• May 1st through December 31st -- (Fish & Game regulations change throughout the year, Ricochet Ridge Ranch will check with Captain Tim about current regulations)
• Best time: Typically, any time is a great time of year for rock cod
• Fish cleaning: $5.00 for bag limit (10 fish)
• $1.00 per ling cod (2 fish limit)
• License: $10.75 (if you do not already have a regular fishing license)

Fort Bragg, California, is a well-known port for sport salmon fishing, due to our ability to catch salmon within 20 minutes of leaving the harbor! During the peak of the season, All Aboard Adventures runs two trips a day. July and August are usually the top months in the season, with our anglers catching their limit of two salmon, 24 inches or more per day. The SEA HAWK landed the largest Salmon in the harbor in 2000! It was a gorgeous 45.6 pound King Salmon! Perhaps you'll catch the next record Salmon on your SEA HAWK fishing excursion.

• 5 hour trips
• ~$70.00 per person - includes rod, reel, bait and all tackle
• Season: February 15th through November 15th
• Best time: End of April through mid August
• Fish filet/Steaking: $2.00 per fish (2 fish bag limit)
• License: $10.75 (if you do not already have a regular fishing license)

• 7 hour trips
• ~$80.00 per person - includes all tackle
• Season(s): These are coordinated with the seasons for each species. We do not provide rock cod/salmon combos. Fish and Game regulations prohibit the ability to do this.

• 1.5 - 2 hour trips
• ~$25.00 per person
• Best time: End of May through September