Looking Back

It is the end of another fine year of innkeeping. We sure have enjoyed all our guests both the people and the wildlife. We have had guests from all over the world walk through the doors this year. We have had visits from wildlife from sea otters to feather friends, such as these sparrows in the parking lot. There have been weddings, anniversaries and family reunions. Many happy times and good memories. Thank you and Happy New Year everyone.

Sundown

This fall has had its share of sunset wonders. These are just a few photos at dusk at Captain's Inn. These shots were captured one weekend by B. Frazier and R. Swink. We really have some lovely Fall weather, crisp nights and clear blue skys. Clear enough to snap the evening moon.

Giant Pumpkins

The fall has settled in at the seashore. Here at the Inn we celebrate by decorating with extra large pumpkins, unusual squash, and bizarre gourds. While these big pumpkins are not too heavy, they are really clumsy, so we use a large beach towel to move them about. All are in place for guests to enjoy. We give all Fall guests a discount coupon for the nearby, family farm complete with haunted barn and acres of corn maze. Our pumpkin decor will be here until the end of November.

Worthwhile Guests

We have all sorts of heroes come to stay at the Captain's Inn at Moss Landing. There are nurses, firemen, doctors, policemen, prison, guards, emergency techs, school teachers, military and many others. These are the unsung type who are always helping out others without stardom. For example, this weekend Robin returned to stay at the Inn once again. We see him every year on a quest to raise funds to help others. You probably do not know of him. But every year, he does a marathon over many days from San Francisco South to Los Alamos as fundraiser to support recovery from addiction. Last year he ran it, this year he is biking the route. We encourage you to give his program a look and support. We salute all the heroes, they are our stars!

Painting and Art at the Inn

Moss Landing is such a quaint fishing village, that it is often the topic for artwork. The community has several artists in resident including painters and sculpters. At the Inn we have hosted quite a few painting and art groups. Recently we had the Jade Fon group come to stay. These painters created with oils, watercolors, and acrylics. This is one of the paintings from visiting Moss Landing Harbor by Geri Keary. You can learn more about this group of painters at their own blog: http://www. jadefonpainters.blogspot.com.

Fresh Salmon

We have been having a decent salmon sportfishing season this year. They have been catching salmon right off the coast in good numbers. There is nothing like fresh ocean caught salmon. Innkeeper Melanie's cookbook features several fresh fish recipes such as whole BBQ Salmon and Salmon Curry spread. From the Captain's Inn you can walk to the Kahuna Party Boat, or set up with the private Westwind Charters also in the Moss Landing Harbor. The season is open until September. This is a photo of the Captain with a King Salmon.

50th Anniversary

This fine Z family celebrated the 50th wedding anniversary at the Captain's Inn at Moss Landing. The anniversary couple and their children enjoyed fine fresh seafood at Moss Landing eateries, walking our beaches, and geocaching about town. We wished them many more happy years.

Cake Lady

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The Captain's Inn has a cake decorating lady who provides us cakes for all sorts of events. She does birthdays, anniversaries, reunions, and weddings. At the last event we got comments from guests about "not only pretty but yummy and moist too". She makes whimsical theme cakes too like seashells, ballerina's, sailboats in the harbor, sea otter cake, and all holidays. Here are some sample photos of her recent wedding cakes.

Surf's Up

Moss Landing is a well known surfing spot to surfers. We get nice waves as a result of our location near the submarine canyon. The Captain's Inn has international visitors that come just to enjoy the waves. This Spring has had good surf activity. Here are a few awesome shots of the acrobatics watched at our beaches that were taken by our guest C. Etchebarren.

Horseback Honeymoon

This cute pair took a horseeback ride as part of their honeymoon adventure at Captain's inn.The equestrian center meets them at nearby local beach that allows rides. They enjoyed pretty vistas from the sand dunes and waves along the beach. The professional wrangler and wonderful horses made for many romantic memories.

Snap It in Winter

Our guests are always coming to our neighborhood to go searching with their cameras in hand. The series of photos below were taken by a guest with her small snap and shoot digital Olympus. She captures our winter sandy beach, wonderful birds - a great blue heron and great egret, the mother sea otter with her pup who cruise right by the guest room windows, and even the marsh view from her bedroom window. Thanks to R. Mann for sharing these!

Vow Renewals

As Valentine's Day is upon us, it seems fitting to share a love story. This was the celebration of Robert and Terry's 15th Wedding Anniversary. They chose to renew their vows with our Captain officiating on our back deck overlooking the running tide. It was affirming to love everywhere to have this husband and wife all bleary eyed and full of caring for each other after many years of marriage. We know they will be there for each other for many years to come.

Fruits & Veggies

One of the wonderful things about our California neighborhood is the variety of fresh fruit and vegetables available year round. We love using fresh ingredients for our breakfasts. Here it is the the middle of winter and there is quite a bounty at our local Moss Landing fruit stand. The fruit stand is only a few blocks walk from the Captain's Inn and always has unusual items. We brought home: banana, dragon fruit, guyabas, cilantro, papaya, and black apricots (real yum). There are some local area strawberries and artichokes too. The dragon fruit was originally from Vietnam, the photo of the dragon fruit cut in half, and dragon fruit feels like kiwi with a much milder taste. Dragon fruit tasting slices ended up at the B&B breakfast.