Exploring Guerneville: Cazadero
Cazadero Community Church Today’s adventure was to Cazadero which is a few miles west of Guerneville along Highway 116 aka River Road. Many of the places we’ve driven around have involved steep, narrow hillsides so I was surprised that the drive to Cazadero is essentially level all the way to the small town. Beyond that, the road gets narrow and hilly but not as steep as in Rio Nido or the canyons on the norths side of the river. The town of Cazadero makes Guerneville look like a metropolis. According to the Wikipedia post, its population was 354 in 2010 and dropped to 340 by 2019. The town has one general store, an amazingly packed hardware store where I purchased bulbs for a desk lamp, an auto repair shop, the fire department and two churches. What the Wiki failed to mention is their fantastic yard full of antique service vehicles. This is not something that I would normally drive out of my way to see but for car buffs, it is worth the trip. Church entry framing the view Access to ...