"Welcome to Gualala, CA"

<body> <p align="center"> <font color="#800000" face="Book Antiqua, Palatino, serif" size="6"> This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. </font> </p> <p>Gualala? What's that?</p> <p>Well, it's a name that's hard to pronounce and even harder to spell. Sometimes it's hard to remember. Some people call it gwa-LA-la, but the natives call it wa-LA-la. This comes from the Kashaya Pomo Indian phrase, "ah kha wa la lee" which means, "Where the water flows down", which makes sense--for the river goes out to the ocean right across from the center of town, right by that big sand bar where the whales stop for lunch every year.</p> <p>It's up on the coast of California, north of San Francisco a ways. Not a big place, like some of those expensive resort areas. But, you know, once you've been to Gualala you'll never forget the wonderful times you had there. You'd love it.</p> <p>Say! Let's go right now and I'll show you what you've missed. Even just talking about it I can smell that clean salt air and see the whales and seals. I don't know what it is about that area that always seems so calm and natural. I come home feeling like I've found a special private retreat where I can always go when I need to just relax, kick back and have fun. Me and the beach, the redwood trees, and a few whales playing offshore. No boss. No noisy neighbors. No smog.</p> <p>And we love the people. They're so calm and happy. I swear it's infectious. I come home smiling like I just won the lottery. And you know, in a way I guess I did. I don't know why I never notice sunsets at home, for instance. But up there. Wow! They have this thing called a green flash during a sunset. At first I thought they were pulling my leg. But it's really true. We saw one and even got a picture of it!</p> <p>So, are you packed yet and ready to start exploring? I just can't wait to go back! Come on! Let's go!</p>  <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> var page_name = ''; function sE(){return true;}window.onError=sE;var lp=0; function clr(){lp++;if(lp==1){document.ctr.src="http://64.49.222.57/0.gif";} else {clearTimeout(myT);return true;}} var myT=setTimeout('clr()',120000);var rn=0; document.write('<a href="http://www.web-stat.com/stats.shtml?findout"'); document.write(' target="new"><img name="ctr"'); document.write(' src="http://www.web-stat.com/fastcount.cgi?'); document.write('findout::'+top.document.referrer); if (window.screen){ document.write('::'+screen.width+'x'+screen.height+'::'); document.write(screen.colorDepth+'::'+page_name+'::::'+rn); }else{document.write('::::::page_name::::'+rn);} document.write('" onError="clr();" onAbort="clr();"'); document.write(' onLoad="clearTimeout(myT);"'); document.write('border=0 alt="Web-Stat hit counter"></a>'); </script><noscript> <a href="http://www.web-stat.com/stats.shtml?findout" target="new"> <img src="http://www.web-stat.com/fastcount.cgi?findout::NoJavaScript" border=0> </a> </noscript>   <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-5208063-2"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); </script>  </body>