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The Coast Dream

Ragged Point, California

At the place where ranch land breaks into precipitous Pacific cliffs, three-directional vistas sharpen the California imagination.

Stone walls and warm timber frame an ocean-facing dining room at Ragged Point Inn — Ragged Point Inn above the PacificPhotographs courtesy of Bill Rozday

Ragged Point Inn stands where precipitous cliffs break Pacific coast ranch land, perching atop a promontory with three-directional vistas. The northern one is particularly dramatic with its jagged mountain slopes diving into foamy waves, but a California presence rings everywhere here.

This elevated awareness becomes luxurious on the paths around the Inn compound, where bountiful flowers thrive. The paths lead to a gourmet restaurant, snack bar, and gift shop that features creative items such as pendants of jade gathered from the beaches below.

The driftwood, the redwood mist, the ocean-polished jade—all come from this slice of unpaved imagination.

The driftwood on the coffee table, the photos of mist-shrouded redwoods, the ocean-polished jade pebble—all come from this slice of unpaved imagination.

California: Walking Through Change includes a chapter on hunting jade there. Copies sit among the souvenirs in the gift shop.