Beach Ride

The Captain's Inn is only minutes from beach where you can go horseback riding. Gallop on The Beach brings well trained, good natured mounts that are familar with the ocean. You can take a calm and romantic ride with your sweetheart. Pictured here, Pam and Chuck have stayed at the Captain's Inn several times and found their afternoon ride fun and invigorating.

Jumping Guest

Look who we spotted just taking a leisurely hop down our garden pathway. We have had enough rain that the amphibians are moving about freely in our creeks. We are wondering if he is from our fresh water pond across the street. Appears to be an american bullfrog.

Guest Perspective

One of our guests sent us this collection of photos from their stay at the Captain's Inn at Moss Landing. Just some of the sights and scenes they enjoyed while in our area. Thanks to Gary S. for these.

Racoon on the Marsh

There are all sorts of wildlife outside our deck and waterfront view rooms. Guests commonly watch sea otters, harbor seals, herons, egrets, and so many other birds. And on occasssion we get other wildlife too like deer, oppossum, and bunnies, bunnies, bunnies. This last weekend our guests were given a show by this mischievious raccoon. We sometimes see these fellas grabbing small crabs from the marsh and eating them. They also use the slough to wash other food. One of the guests, P. Miholland, captured this raccoon right through our bedroom picture windows! We appreciate him letting us share his photo here with you.

Crab for New Years

Happy New Year to Everyone! It is winter time and this is a great time to get fresh dungeness crab. The crab season is going strong. There are several ways to enjoy this yummy crab. You can come and eat some at one of Moss Landing's acclaimed great seafood restaurants; cracked crab, ciopinno stew, crab enchilada, crab cocktail, thai crab anyone? You can buy fresh prepared crab at the seafood market and have a picnic on the Inn's deck, beach, while watching sunset, or at a local park. Last, you can bring a cooler and buy live crab right from the fisherman on dock A to take home for a feast of your own. We keep ice and blue coldees to keep your seafood purchase cold when you travel home.

Tis the Season for Reflection

As we look back over the years, we are humbled and thankful for all of our guests who have stayed at the Captain's Inn at Moss Landing. We are so lucky to have many guests who keep returning to the inn. Making and building longtime friendships is one of our pleasures of being innkeepers. The two folks pictured here have been to the inn 5 times, usually in time to see the inn decorated for the holidays, and they come all the way from Minnestota! Your support is appreciated. We wish you all happy holidays and a wonderful winter season. We hope to see you again, real soon.

Sunrise and Moonset

The sunrise from one one of our boathouse view rooms can be pretty special. This photo is of the moon setting over the sand dunes during the morning sunrise. Catching the moon setting in the morning takes abit of coordination and timing, and is best enjoyed right from your cozy bed. As the sun comes up the light changes and plays over the tide lands, making every five minutes a different landscape.

Stunning Sunsets

This serene scene over the water was taken from one of our waterfront rooms two days ago. It had been a magical day of clear fall weather just stufed with wildlife to watch, and it was toppped off by this sunset after glow. Guests were in their rooms, on the back deck and at the beach just trying absorb all this beauty while sipping tea or a favorite wine. Wish you were here.

Photographers

This Fall has seen quite a few photographers visiting our area. Pros and Amateurs alike come to the Elkhorn Slough and Moss Landing to capture the perfect shot: the perfect row of terns, the perfect sea otter puppy, the perfect sunning seal, the perfect vista, the perfect whale tail, the perfect sunset. We get to have all sorts of digital fun in the parlor and dining room as the photographers review their shots. Photos from our area appear in National Wildlife Federation, National Geographic, and many others. Fall is a great time to grab your camera and capture the outdoors. This photo is of terns on the Elkhorn Slough.

Certificate Earned

The Captain's Inn at Moss Landing has been volunteering to pick up trash along a 2 mile stretch of Coast highway one for over 6 years now. We are now going beyond our original committment to the Adopt a Highway program . We are proud to be taking an active part in keeping California clean and to assist our Caltrans employees. The Captain's Inn recently received this certificate from The Department of Transportation as a "heartfelt token of gratitude for your service". Besides being able to make a significant difference in the environment, this program is estimated to save millions of taxpayer dollars. We plan to continue to care for our highway section.

Romance Report

This proud mom just stopped by the Inn to say hello. She wanted us to know that this cute little guy was most likely the result of her romantic honeymoon here at the Captain's Inn. No, he is not named Captain.They hope to come again for a parents' getaway, when grandma can babysit the little guy.

NewlyWeds!

This sweet pair floated into the Captain's Inn to celebrate their nuptials. Directly from their reception, we were lucky enough to see them in all their elegant attire. Many couples come from quite close by to have their first wedded night and weekend, like these two from Salinas. We wish them the very best life has to offer.

Whale Watching

Sanctuary Cruises is back!! Late Summer and Fall are great times to see whales and marine mammals. Recent sightings include blue whales, humpback whales, and Rissos dolphins and occassional killer whales. This guided adventure is well liked by our past guests. In fact, these photos were taken by Captain's Inn and Sanctuary Cruises' joint guest P. Jordan. A quote from the Jordans, "This is our favorite place on the west coast... a wonderful vacation. I hope these whale photographs from the trip will do." Ask us for our whale watching stay package and save. The photos are of whales on Monterey Bay.

Historical Preservation

As keepers of a piece of Moss Landing history - the Pacific Coast Steamship Company building 1906/07, we are constantly maintaining and preserving the building. Over the last month we have been painting and caulking the exterior of the old building. Our staff has done a great job and there is bright new paint to greet you when you arrive at the Captain's Inn.

Recycle, ReUse, Reduce

At the Captain's Inn we keep refining our green choices and actions. We have just signed into a new program with Monterey County Environmental Health Department. We are partnered with the county under a grant from the US Department of the Interior to reduce trash and increase recycling at lodging facilities. We will be getting new containers, staff have undergone recycling training (bilingual program too), and we finished a pre-assessment. Our new goal with this program is to reduce trash by another 30%. We are hoping guests pitch in to help us meet our goals.
Our staff is always working to meet better recycling. Here is an example: Guests do not like "shorties", shorties are our nickname for rolls of toilet paper that are not empty but partial used. So we take them out of rooms expecting new guest, and finish using the shorties in the staff bathroom. Once empty, we save up the rolls for use by the local preschool in arts and crafts.