Directions to Frost Cottage

Address:  Frost Cottage! The home with TWO separate street addresses! It's either — 218 Nellie Lane, Boulder Creek or 14205 Frost Blvd #2, Boulder Creek, CA.

Phone:  831/ 421-2972
Important:  Bring a flashlight. There are no street lights.

The directions how to get here are fairly simple — just DON'T use a digital map; yahoo and mapquest and others are using out-of-date maps of this area and they're totally wrong.

From Santa Cruz and points south:

• From Highway One, go Highway 17 NORTH towards San Jose.
• At Scotts Valley, you'll want to exit on the Mount Hermon Road exit. The exit ramp bears you around to the right, and then you'll make a LEFT hand turn onto the actual Mount Hermon Road. (It crosses over the freeway.)
• Go through the many stoplights and shopping centers that are Scotts Valley. You're going to stay on Mount Hermon Road until it ends. This will take you through a winding, beautiful, and uninhabited valley — just keep going along until finally Mt. Hermon Road stops at a stop light.
• You can either go right or left — go RIGHT. (This is Graham Hill Road.)
• Immediately get into the Right Hand Lane — you'll be making the NEXT RIGHT at the next stop light, which is onto Highway 9 in Felton.
• Once you're on Highway 9, settle down for the 'don't blink or you'll miss them' three-mountain-town tour. You're already in Felton.
• You'll go through Ben Lomond, Brookdale, and finally, the town of Boulder Creek. (All of this will take, oh, ten minutes.)
• Once you arrive in the town of Boulder Creek (pop. 6000), you'll come to A STOP SIGN. Pass through the stop sign, noting the fire department building on your right, and the Rainbow's End cafe on the next block.
• Pass them all, and exit town, going over a small bridge over a small river.
• The FIRST RIGHT HAND TURN (and it ONLY goes to the RIGHT) you can make is onto Bear Creek Road.
• Turn onto Bear Creek, and check your odometer.
• You're going to go exactly 1/2 mile from the intersection of Highway 9 and Bear Creek Road.
• Once you pass a small street on the right (after several hanging American flags), called "Lanktree" (do NOT turn down Lanktree!!!! Not not not!) you'll see a large gravel turnout area (clearing) on the RIGHT side of Bear Creek Road.
• There might even be trucks (huge ones) parked in it. Pull into this turnout (several small driveways and roads come off of it). Go ahead and park IN the turnout – being careful to observe the signs asking you not to block various driveways.
• From here, you’ll be walking about 1/12 of a mile down a small country lane.
• As you face the turnout, you'll see a handmade sign reading "Nellie Lane" — on the left.
• Go down Nellie, it's paved for half of the road and gravel the rest. A LOT of potholes.  This is why having a flashlight for the trek back out is essential.
• You'll see a sign that says, "caution, blind curve ahead" and there's a 90-degree blind curve to your right. Keep going, and after this curve you'll see the road opens up into a small compound of cottages.
• We're all the way in the back – a sign over the door welcoming you, along with a brass Durga statue. In front of the deck, you’ll see a statue of Mary in the roses.
• The homa will be taking place BEHIND the house, on the lower back deck. Just walk around the bamboo and flowers on the right of the house to get there.
• Of course, if you get lost, feel free to call us — 831/ 421-2972.