Hello Bloggineers, we are at Little River Inn in Mendocino, and we're going to show
you the fun things you can do in Mendocino County. Our first stop is
handywood state park so we just started the trail and we have 20
minutes to make it back to the car no yeah 20 minutes because then we have to
go to different places all right we have to stay at three miles
per hour i like this better than the montgomery woods place that we went to
the other day because the weather is so cool here and like the forest is so
magical this is happy's first time seeing redwood trees
[Music] we found one of these a toppled redwood
they have this at like every park we go to
[Music] this forest has a very nice atmosphere
because there's like bird sounds up ahead
and the occasional sound of a tree bark and
and it's such a lightly trafficked trail also when you come in the morning it's
like nice and cool i don't know it's just something about
this is so peaceful we wish we had more time so depending on
our schedule we might come back here later today but if not
then i'll miss you forest now we are at penny royal farm located
in booneville this regenerative farm with vineyard and farmstead creamery
features wines goat cheese and farm fare today we're going on the farm tour which
has wine and cheese tasting but first we're going to walk around the grass
this is the creamery where they make the cheese
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this is the milking parlor where the goats go
it's time to go in the barn to see the goats
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[Music] in the middle is a guardian llama that's
there to scare off dogs coyotes and mountain lions
also this is where the teenage goats are hi
this is where the male goats are and they're called bucks
[Music] over here you get an idea of what the
farm is about the goats on one side and the vineyard on the other side
[Music] after the tour of the farm we're ready
to do some wine and cheese tasting i mean grape juice for me
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then did a special one for the kids
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we're kids they give us grape juice and it's three different types this cheese
goes with this juice this goes with this and this goes with this here we have the
le chi cheese the blueberry lychee cheese and the two month boot corners
cheese and these grape juices are called gabert's demeanor pinot noir and virgil
i took a while to memorize that so i hope you appreciate it
[Music] this is goat cheese
mmm grape juice is so good this is a good pairing it's kind of
light which is why they told us to have this first and this is one of the best
grape juices i've had so high quality now i'm trying the second one which is
blueberry lychee and pinot noir grape juice
this one i think is sweeter than the first one
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the thing i like about these cheeses is that they're not super strong so even if
you don't normally like goat cheese you'll probably like this
i put some lychee cheese and strawberry jam on this so it's like a cheesecake
cheers lastly we're having the booze corners
cheese with the virgin you like it
it is
this cheese is two to four months old compared to the lychee which they say it
can only be made when the goats aren't producing milk because it has to be like
fresh
[Music] it's interesting how these grape juices
are so different from the ones you find at like the market
and that's in a good way i especially like the
the girth
which was first the the first one yeah that one was my favorite
so good i i think the peanut or whatever it's called is
is probably my favorite and that is penny royal farm my favorite
part was exploring the whole farm and going into the barn to see all the goats
i really enjoyed the farm tour because the goats were so cute but i also liked
the grape juice and cheese tasting i've never had a place that had different
types of grape juice and they were all so good and the cheese was better than i
expected because at first i thought i would hate goat cheese since i just like
couches but like it didn't taste too strong and it was it went very well with
the grape juice now we are at van dam state park and
we're hiking the old logging road fern canyon loop trail located three miles
south of mendocino this place offers a scenic beach a lush fern-filled forest
and year-round camping i think we went on the discovery trail
on accident but it's a nice boardwalk trail so i'm not complete
so we didn't get lost that was just the discovery trail that led to this trail
which is the main trail this is a loop so we'll start going this way and it'll
come back this way today we're going to be hiking between 3 and 4.4 miles i'm
not sure the exact distance and we're basically going down 400 feet first and
up 400 feet so once we get down we have no choice but to come back up wonderful
we're bringing beef jerky that way i can actually survive the
breeze which i assume is coming from the ocean is so good
let's just hope mouth lines slash cookers
uh don't sniff out our beef jerky and try to hug us
or else i'll be bad i think van damme is a martial artist
from belgium [Music]
so we just did the 1.2 miles and that was super easy because we were just
going downhill now we're doing the 2.3 miles back and it should be mostly
uphill [Music]
right now we're kind of bush whacking like
yeah like this part has a lot of plants that we
have to clear so hopefully there's not tick
and also we're letting brother go first so that he can get attacked by spider
webs it's better to be second because if the first person survives then you know
you'll turn [Music]
both me and brother are holding cows in our hand i'm holding cow moo and brother
is holding a dead cow shoo guys
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we're back on the pygmy trail we're back on the boardwalk and now it's going to
be a super short walk [Music]
and that is our hike at van dam state park yeah i like it because uh you
actually walk into the forest at the bottom you don't see at first but when
you walk in you can actually see the force and also i like the bush
it was much easier than i expected because i was expecting like super steep
hill yeah so don't be worried when you go all the way down because when you go
back up it's just it's not that hard there was some bushwhacking and there's
a nice scenery change because when you get down it's the cool force way cooler
than this now we're gonna check in at little river
inn this historic hotel features rooms with ocean views hot tubs fireplaces and
more we're going to our room 160 which has
it's called an ocean view deluxe
[Music] it's like a house
[Music] we're gonna give you a tour of our room
so we'll start out with this closet thing
inside there's a suitcase rack and iron and shelf with oh with
rose over here is a mini fridge
oh with the refrigerated beef inside this is a keurig coffee maker with cups
the coffee maker itself and it's the coffee it's organic
they also have earl grey black tea this is a phone a desk a flat screen tv a
sitting area here where you can face the tv and there's another table with chairs
two queen sized beds there's a fireplace here and now the best part of the room
or which is technically not part of the room it's outside i'm gonna give the
tour the outside oh
so over here you get a nice view of the ocean i think this was called the ocean
view deluxe and also and also you get the fresh air from the sea oh and yeah
and also they have these two rocking chairs and also they have a table where
you can play the food and drinks i want to stay here
tomorrow when we eat breakfast just sitting here relaxing looking out at the
pacific ocean and with nice room behind me it doesn't get better than this this
has got to be one of the best hotels we've stayed at and now i'm gonna give a
tour of this very fancy bath there's a sink with cups
and a place where you can put the soap and
over here is actually a jacuzzi well it's a
whirlpool it's a whirlpool so it's yeah here it gives you the instructions and
oh and it's one of those timers that you see like jacuzzi
wow i have never seen a whirlpool in a hotel before next is the food
it's the shower and then of course there's a toilet
and towels
for dinner the restaurant at little river inn offers ocean and garden views
and fine cuisine by five star chef mark or you can light a fire pit and cook
some hot dogs at van damme state beach just minutes from little river inn
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don't forget to bring s'mores [Music]
now we're gonna sit on the balcony enjoy the sunset
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