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.

Rare and Unusual Birds

Birding is always a fun and successful undertaking in Moss Landing, Elkhorn Slough, and at the Captain's Inn. We have a bird checklist for the bed and breakfast with over 190 species!! This last week has been no exception with two strange sightings. The first is a rare bird, generally occurring on the East coast. This Rose-breasted Grosbeak decided to drink from our water trough just long enough for the innkeeper to snap its photo and prove it was here. There is a new stranger sighted by guests outside the boathouse windows - a Swan!! This is most likely an escaped domestic swan, it is a mute swan. There is always wildlife to watch here.

First Anniversary

The month of June is full or honeymooners and anniversary celebrants. Being at a bed and breakfast for the upbeat times in a couple's life is uplifting for us at the Inn. The nice things that spouses do for each other really gives you faith for the future. This sweet pair had their honeymoon at the Captain's Inn exactly a year ago. They returned to celebrate their first anniversary, but in a waterfront room this year.