Our house in Anchor Bay, California is located in Enchanted Meadows. That is the actual name of the area! It sits on top a hill along famous Highway 1 on the Mendocino coast.
Because Enchanted Meadows is located in the so called banana belt, the weather is warm and sunny even if much of the coast is covered in fog.
The main house has a living room and dining room with hardwood floors, a fully equipped kitchen, one bedroom with a queen bed, a large newly remodeled bathroom with floor heating and a huge deck around the house.
Two additional buildings serve as two more bedrooms. The Hummingbird House has a very comfortable queen fold-out sofa and a bathroom.
The Red Barn is a spacious bedroom with a queen bed.
Blue Water View from the Deck
The house sits in a Redwood forest with a partial blue water ocean view. You can hear the waves and sea lions from the house. The setting is very private, calm and romantic.
The deck and garden are perfect for hottubbing, relaxing, sunbathing, enjoying meals or watching the local wildlife.
Anna's Hummingbird
You will most likely meet the local bevy of quail, watch the hummingbirds dart around the garden, hear the ravens in the trees, see the chipmunks and squirrels and maybe get a glimpse of a deer.
One of the most wonderful features of the house is the light. In the morning the whole house is flooded with warm morning light. Watching the full moon from the hot tub on the deck or through the windows inside the house travel across the night sky is spectacular. And without the moon, the sky is exploding with stars and planets, an amazing experience from the comfort of the hot tub. For city dwellers the lack of light pollution is awe-inspiring.
In the winter, the wood burning stove in the living room will keep you warm and cozy.
Though you feel like you are away from it all, you are very close to civilization. Anchor Bay is just 5 minutes down the hill and offers a supermarket and two restaurants. Gualala is about 10 minutes to the South and offers a wide variety of restaurants, two supermarkets, a post office, gas stations, gift shops and live music. Gualala is about 10 miles north of Sea Ranch, Sonoma County.
Bowling Ball Beach
The spectacular Mendocino coast and its beautiful beaches are a great place to explore, hike, fish, dive and surf.
Our house is a short drive to the Point Arena Cove and the Point Arena Lighthouse which offers some of the best whale watching on the entire West coast.
