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Wolf Creek
Lodge Newsletter
Adult Cohousing in Grass Valley, CA
January 2020
Bob Robert Miller
One single bedroom home is available for sale at Wolf Creek Lodge. Another two bedroom home was on the market but the sale transaction is proceeding on track.

See below for details of the one bedroom home. You should also visit our website for the latest status. If you are interested simply reply to this email. We will answer questions about cohousing and, if you wish, put you in touch with the seller.

The editorial staff of the newsletter invited members to join us on a walk down the new Wolf Creek Trail to its end and then onward to Main Street in Grass Valley. We invite you to join us on a picture tour of our expedition.

We welcome a great start to the skiing season in the Sierra. We got snow just after Thanksgiving. Continued snow fall and cold temperatures have created great conditions for both downhill and cross country skiing at Sugar Bowl and Royal Gorge, only an hour's drive from the lodge.

Bob Miller, editor
Susan Pollard, staff photographer.
One Bedroom, Third Level Home Available
1 Bedroom / 1 Bath 3rd floor home “B” Style Floor Plan,630 sq.ft. (approx.)

  • 3rd floor home offering fine views of the trees bordering Wolf Creek
  • Vaulted ceilings, storage space in attic.
  • Full kitchen
  • In floor radiant heating
  • WiFi and wired internet included in HOA dues
  • Air conditioning
  • Sunscreen roller blind on front porch
  • Sale price $302,000
  • Dedicated space available in underground garage providing car parking and storage available for an additional $13,000
Living/dining area
Kitchen
This is an invitation to receive purchase offers for this home at Wolf Creek Lodge. For current information see: Available Homes
Wolf Creek
Wolf Creek - upstream
Wolf Creek flows from Banner Mountain at 3,902 feet. It passes through Grass Valley and then on past Wolf Creek Lodge on its way to the Bear River, to the Feather River, to the Sacramento River and into San Francisco Bay.

It is joined by Little Wolf Creek, just before the Lodge. Little Wolf Creek flows from the Empire Mine State Park passing under the freeway and Freeman Lane.

Wolf Creek has significant flow throughout the year. The Nevada Irrigation District augments the flow during the summer by adding water from another water shed to provide irrigation further down stream. At times of heavy rain fall in the winter Wolf Creek becomes a raging torrent.
Wolf Creek Trail
Wolf Creek Trail Vertical Sign
Wolf Creek Trail simple
One end of the Wolf Creek Trail is accessible from Freeman Lane, about 100 yards south of the Lodge. Part of the trail passes over Wolf Creek Lodge open space. We have granted an easement to the town. The trail continues along Wolf Creek to the mining museum where Freeman Lane joins Mill Street.

Just over a mile long, it is a paved, 10 ft wide, walking and biking trail constructed by the town of Grass Valley. Many members of Wolf Creek use it regularly. Only opened in October of this year, 2019, it's a remarkable addition to the Wolf Creek Lodge life style.
Our Expedition (part 1) - Wolf Creek Trail
We invited members to join us on a walk down the Wolf Creek Trail and then on down Mill Street to Main Street in Grass Valley. That's just over a mile down Wolf Creek and another mile to Main Street.
Google Map of Wolf Creek Trail
Here are members Claire, Gayle, Nancy, Roger and Geoff, on the expedition. They have walked down Freeman Lane and the switch backs to the trail.
Kelly with Oscar, our guest dog.
Roger and Gayle.
Susan, Richard and Matt
We reach the end of the trail at the Mining Museum.
Wolf Creek Trail Sign at Mining Museum
Although it's the end of the trail for us, Grass Valley people usually start their trail walk here.

Now we cross Freeman Lane and continue on down Mill Street.
Our Expedition (part 2) - Mill Street to Main Street
To Main St. Annotated
We continue walking, now on Mill Street to Main Street. Here are some sights along the way.
We pass Mi Terrunito on the left, A Mexican Restaurant, recently under new management.
For contrast we see Marshall's Pastie Shop.

This traditional Cornish fare was favored by the miners who could hold the pastie by the border on its crust with their soiled hands
Matt, Gayle, Nancy, Richard and Oscar pose in front of the library. The Library is named for Josiah Royce, who was born in Grass Valley during mining times. This famous philosopher is well known for his discussion of community. Josiah was featured in a previous newsletter. See here.
We pass by a home occupied from 1851 to 1853 during mining days by Lola Montez - a somewhat colorful lady who shared the same newsletter with Josiah.
Downtown Grass Valley is a tourist destination. It features many old buildings dating from earlier mining days and stores of individual character. Here is the Nevada County Bank building.
Our last stop before main street is the Del Oro Theater.
Our Expedition (part 3) - Return along Church Street
We then head up Main Street for a block and returned on Church Street.

We see interesting murals on walls.
We pass the four churches on "Church Street", each with its own architectural style.
Four Churches
At the end of Church Street we turn left down Chapel Street and rejoin Mill Street. We are soon back on the Wolf Creek Trail at the mining museum.

We return to the Lodge as the day gets colder, somewhat surprised by what we discovered during our neighborhood walk.
Flower of the Month
A Gazania was voted this month's winner by our members. Can you find it in the gardens?
And a special bonus a view of fog over Wolf Creek taken from the third level of the Lodge.
Getting the Work Done
We have lots of open space including 1,000 feet along Wolf Creek.

Woodlands require ongoing maintenance.

Here Geoff watches a tree surgeon trim branches that were too near to the Lodge.
Suzanne from Kindle
Letter from #104

Suzanne Marriott

Pirate Gift Exchange, 2019

The 2019 annual pirate gift exchange was another roaring success! Some over-the-top presents outshone the white elephant gifts and provided ample opportunities for “stealing.” Others in their holiday wrappings concealed our members’ more fun-loving spirit. The rubber chicken made a final (?) appearance, though in a more diminutive form than it originally appeared.

Beyond a doubt the winner of the most hilarious gift was a plastic replica of the tip of a certain male body part that scurried around the floor amid peals of hoots and laughter. I’m so glad we’re a such a creative bunch. Let’s see if we can top this next year!
Pirate Gift Exchange - Susan-Geoff-Casey
Pirate-Pam-Chicken
Pirate Exchange
Learn about Senior Cohousing
The Senior Cohousing Handbook, written by our architect Chuck Durrett, is the definitive reference for senior cohousing.

Grass Valley and Nevada City
 
Want to know more about 
Grass Valley and Nevada City? 

Here are some links we have found useful:
  
Down Town Grass Valley -
            www.downtowngrassvalley.com 
Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce -
           www.grassvalleychamber.com/ 
Visit Nevada County - 
           www.visitnevadacounty.com
Grass Valley-Nevada City Cultural District
Sierra Food Wine Art
           www.sierraculture.com
Bear Yuba Land Trust
          www.bylt.org
GIS Receational Viewer -
           gis.nevcounty.net/MyNeighborhood
Go Nevada County - 
           www.gonevadacounty.com/ 
YubaNet Calendar -