Newsletter dated September 27, 2009
Fortuna Daffodil Show Information

 

Daffodil Friends,

There will be a lovely daffodil show in Fortuna, California on the weekend following the ADS Convention and National Show in Murphys. The Fortuna Daffodil Show on March 20-21 will be in the River Lodge Conference Center, a beautiful facility built especially for public events.  Some of you might have seen the Fortuna Daffodil Show on Internet via the Fortuna Webcam.

The Fortuna Garden Club invites you to Fortuna for their Show. Should you wish, you will be welcome in the showroom on Friday evening to socialize with exhibitors and help stage entries. Exhibitors guarantee they will bring enough daffodils to need your help! The Show opens at 1pm on Saturday. On Saturday evening, there will be a special dinner for visitors and locals.

Near the show building, there are three nice motels from which to choose your accommodations.  See this link for more information about the Fortuna Show and Accomodations.  The contact for further information is Fortuna Show Chair Janean Guest at janean@hotmail.com.

Fortuna is just inland from the Pacific coast, 275 miles north of San Francisco - about a six-hour drive through some of the most scenic parts of California, including the Avenue of the Giants Redwood Forest (http://www.aveofthegiants.com/). Fortuna is ten miles south of the  harbor town of Eureka - a photographer's delight with its fleet of fishing boats.

During the week (Monday through Friday) you might schedule an itinerary to choose among such sites and sights as:

•   Yosemite National Park (a two-hour drive south from Murphys)
•   Lake Tahoe (a two-hour drive east of Sacramento)
•   Napa & Sonoma wine region (one-hour drive west of Sacramento)
•   Pacific Coast scenic beaches/crags along the Mendocino coastline (two-our drive north of Sonoma).
•   The towns of Boonville (where the local dialect evolved into "boontling")
•   Mendocino (the coastline beauty here has become an artists haven)
•   The Skunk Train (at Fort Bragg; a narrow-gauge train up the ridge through the redwood forest; 1/2 day excursion)
•   Redwood Forests (Avenue of the Giants) (two hours north of Fort Bragg)
•   Ferndale (lovely town featuring immaculately-maintained Victorian homes; 10 minutes from Fortuna)
•   Eureka (ten miles north of Fortuna
•   Monterey Aquarium (two-hours south of San Francisco)
•   San Francisco Bay Area (two hours drive from Sacramento)
  
                  Bob

 

               There are links to many of these locations on the menu to the right.

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