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Thanks Amy for doing all of this leg work. I still vote for Howard Creek
Ranch Inn. It is great and it looks like we can have breakfast on Sunday morning. The drive to Fort Bragg is beautiful. While Howard's is very rustic I promise you will love it. I have a hunch that Walker is coming as well...he's not so great at checking his e-mail. Madeleine -----Original Message----- From: Amy Gustafson Finch [mailto:afinch@iasco.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:11 PM To: Jeff.Dasovich@enron.com Cc: 1gr8coach@home.com; cwfinch@flash.net; 'Jeff Walker (E-mail 2)'; 'Jeff Walker (E-mail)'; 'Kari Ontko (E-mail)'; 'Lori Hom (E-mail)'; Madeleine Todd; 'Nora McGee (E-mail)'; 'Patrice C Scatena (E-mail)'; pmurray@ccac-art.edu Subject: RE: Mendocino Hi group, I emailed Lari (who confirmed that we are on the reservation list, without credit card numbers or deposit because she knows us ...) that we think we'll have five for an all-day ride on Sat. (Pat, me, Cal, Pippa and Madeleine) and six for a half day on Sunday (same plus Nora). Jeff may join us. Lari is aware the actual number may be slightly more or less, but obviously if you decide not to go, the earlier she knows, the easier for her. We start at 9:30 a.m. on Sat, and 10:00 a.m. on Sun. Jeff, we hope you can make it. If anyone else wants to join also, please let me know. Re hotel, right now there is moderate availability in Mendocino/Fort Bragg for that weekend in Sept. (nights of 21-22), but most of the hotels up there charge a cancellation fee of anywhere from 3% to $20.00, no matter how early one cancels. So it probably does not make sense to reserve rooms at several places thinking we will decide later. Please give your vote, which of these would you be interested in (or if you have another suggestion, please feel free to offer it -- I'm overwhelmed with the many other choices and have no personal experience with any to rely on): Cleone Gardens, recommended by Lari, literally across the street from the ranch on the north end of Fort Bragg, with a number of rooms in the $85-$100 range, also some multi-bed rooms for a little more; it looks nice and comfortable on the website though not really "fancy" (there are links from Lari's site, www.horse-vacations.com). Breakfast can be ordered. Because of proximity to ranch and town, this is my preference. Howard Creek Ranch Inn (Madeleine's preference), in Westport, north of Fort Bragg. Very quaint renovated farmhouse B&B, Martha Stewart type garden, private rooms are around $105, and some two-bed rooms are between $105 and $160 if we don't mind sharing rooms/living room sleepers. The upside is the charm and ambience, the downside is the remote location and the distance from Fort Bragg (30 minutes fast driving) and that we may therefore miss breakfast both days. They serve it at 9:00 a.m., and with the minimum 30-minute drive to the ranch, that makes getting to both breakfast and riding on time unrealistic. And, as we all know, rides may start late, but they always end on time, so its important to be prompt to get our full riding time! I asked if the B&B is willing to do breakfast at another time and they said no (they start cooking before 7:00 a.m. even to meet the 9:00 deadline, so I'm not sure how much earlier they could really do it). (www.howardcreekranch.com) Looking forward to hearing your thoughts! Amy
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