# Nice place on No Cal coast - looking for one

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 1, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-place-on-no-cal-coast-looking-for-one/657163 "2013-05-01T01:02:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-place-on-no-cal-coast-looking-for-one/657163/1 "2013-05-01T01:02:43Z")

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Looking for opinions about nice places to stay a day-night-day-night-day split between Crescent City one night and somewhere between there and San Fran the next night. Extra credit if there are some fun things for kids and good beer/wine (because we’ll be with kids).

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-place-on-no-cal-coast-looking-for-one/657163/2 "2013-05-01T02:37:08Z")

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Gualala is worth a stop, if only for St. Orrs. Fantastic restaurant and inn in the middle of nowhere.

Say hi to Crescent City for me.

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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-place-on-no-cal-coast-looking-for-one/657163/3 "2013-05-01T03:25:26Z")

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Fort Bragg or Mendocino would be good. There are beaches, as well as redwood parks nearby. Fort Bragg is more of a town, but both should have good eats.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-place-on-no-cal-coast-looking-for-one/657163/4 "2013-05-01T03:45:46Z")

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The Victorian town of [Ferndale](http://www.victorianferndale.com/), on the Lost Coast, is adorable. It’s definitely off the beaten path, however.

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-place-on-no-cal-coast-looking-for-one/657163/5 "2013-05-01T03:49:46Z")

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Bodega Bay is an option. My son loved visiting the [Bodega Marine Laboratory](http://bml.ucdavis.edu/about/visiting-bml/). Well, actually, we all did.