Our first stop was Ukiah, a city of 15,000 people 110 miles north of San Francisco. The seat of Mendocino County, Ukiah has a good selection of modestly priced restaurants. We stopped for lunch at Schat's Courthouse Bakery and Cafe at 113 W. Perkins St. Or you can build your own sandwich from a choice of seven breads, six meats, six cheeses, condiments and extras. A good variety of salads, soups and baked potatoes rounds out the menu.
Portions are generous.
In the afternoon, we visited the Grace Hudson Museum and the Sun House. Hudson was a well-regarded artist who lived in Ukiah with her husband, John, a medical doctor and ethnologist who studied the local Pomo Indians. The couple lived in the Sun House built for them in 1911. The museum exhibits Grace's works and John's collection of Native American artifacts. Before visiting the museum, we had never heard of Grace Hudson.