My husband and I stayed at the Ricketts' Retreat in February. The cottage is a couple of blocks from the beautiful Twin Lakes State Beach. It is also pet friendly which great and hard to find in the area. We were unlucky that the following week we arrived PG&E next door started to do some major contruction work and the noise was quite bad during the remainder of our stay. I would definitely check with the owner about the contruction work before booking unless you plan to spend all day at the beach.