Family Traditions - Sea Ranch

I am on vacation at The Sea Ranch with my family. What an wonderful Family and wonderful place.

About the people...
This yearly family event has grown from the eight original members twenty years ago to it present form including; three in-law kids, three grandkids and a significant other. Two of our kids have had their weddings on the coastal bluffs adding to the memories of the place. I am so proud of all our kids and the people they have chosen to live their lives with. They are a wonderfully diverse collection of social activist. We have a passion for seeking the wellbeing of children in our world which leads to a concern for families and justice issues (political, environmental, international etc.)

WE ARE

vegetarian EDUCATOR social worker designer Hispanic Student photographer Portuguese musician FUNNY church worker ARTIST guitarist multicultural trainer farmer horticulturalist African American

About the place...
Myrna and I found The Sea Ranch when we were on our honeymoon twenty years ago. The Sea Ranch is a second home/vacation community located on the Pacific Coast about 100 miles north of San Francisco. We knew it would be important for us to find traditions for our new blended family and rented a little house for our family to stay in the next summer. Little did we know how vacationing at The Sea Ranch would become such an important part of our life together. For twenty years we have spent about a week together here each summer.

The Sea Ranch has a long history going back to the Pomo Indians. When a vision for a new community was being developed Lawrence Halprin, renowned landscape architect, drew on the Pomo Indian's earlier philosophy, "live lightly on the land," in his contribution to the overall master plan for the development. The Sea Ranch lifestyle is guided by The Sea Ranch Association and says this about this place...

The Sea Ranch is a rugged landscape, dotted with distinctive homes, that extends for about ten miles on either side of Highway One in coastal Sonoma County, California. The building design constitutes an architectural vernacular that is world-renowned. Its hallmark is the attempt to blend man-made structures with their natural setting, and to live lightly on the land.

The Sea Ranch (Rancho Del Mar) is such an amazing place for our family. Our days revolve around eating, hiking, swimming, beach combing, sunsets, eating, driving to town (Gualala), table games, DVDs, reading, laughing, Two Fish Bakery, after dinner walks, and of course - eating.

Reporting from my not so little place in the world