Guerneville known for its Russian River
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Fisherman in their small boats cast their lines in hopes of hooking a steelhead in the Russian River in Guerneville. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outsdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Guerneville, along main street at sunset. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Grace, a two-year-old West Island white terrier is the mascot at Rose's River Jewelers on Main Street in downtown Guerneville where she keeps an eye on things from the front door. . Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Downtown Guerneville, along mail street. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Kevin O'Connell stands near his refurbished travel trailers - a 1955 Aljoa, left, and a 1957 Flying Cloud Airstream inside his Guerneville shop. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
A view go Guerneville from above, population approximately 3,000. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outsdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Walter Thompson III of Guerneville relaxes with a newspaper at the Rainbow Cattle Co. bar on Main Street. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Dick Jaillet of Guerneville stands outside the Rainbow Cattle Co. bar on Main Street. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outsdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Bartender Bobby Frederick, center, visits with customers at the Rainbow Cattle Co. bar on Main Street. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outsdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
A view of the Russian River looking east from the Guerneville bridge. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Patrick Winnifield of Santa Rosa moves through the Russian River in his boat following a long day of fishing for steelhead in Guerneville. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outsdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Joe Villagomez, left, of Guerneville and Jimmy Kufudakes fish for steelhead on the Russian River. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Tourists pause to take pictures of the historic Parson Jones redwood. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
The remains of a large redwood tree can be seen along a nature trail at Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve in Guerneville. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
A huge redwood rises up from the forest floor at Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Lynn Crescione, owner of the Creekside Inn & Resort near the Russian River walks through her Guerneville property where all the units were raised 10-15-feet following the 1986 flood. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Following a 20-mile bike ride Guerneville residents Otto Willis, left, and his friend Chuck Sommers, enjoy the unseasonal sunny weather outside Coffee Bazaar in downtown Guerneville. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own out`doorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
Fisherman in their small boats cast their lines in hopes of hooking a steelhead in the Russian River in Guerneville. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outsdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012. -
A woman walks down Main Street in downtown Guerneville. Sonoma County, like its friendly neighbor Napa, is known for its wine and the tourism that surrounds the fermented grapes. But Guerneville, hard by the Russian River, doesn't need vineyards and wineries to please tourists. It's got its own outdoorsy, funky style. We'll visit the B&Bs, the bars, the interesting shops like a vintage airstream trailer place and an old % and 10 cent store, plus check out the big tress at Armstrong Redwoods Natural State Reserve Tuesday, January 10, 2012.
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