Mendocino is an unincorporated area in Mendocino County, California. It is surrounded on two sides by parks that face the Pacific Ocean. The main part of Mendocino is a triangle, seven east-west streets by 11 north-south streets. California Highway 1 is more-or-less the third side of the Mendocino triangle, but parts of Mendocino spill over east of the highway. The population of Mendocino is 707, which is also its telephone area code. Mostly, Mendocino is a tiny vacation village and a very nice place. It has a very limited water supply, so it can't grow very much.

Don't know of any funky, grungy lodging in the vicinity. This is definitely the high-rent district, and the views are gorgeous. But the Ancient Matriarch may be able to direct us to the funky, grungy places....