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The Hotel Ivanhoe was an earth shaking experiance.for us. We arrived on Frid 8/9 and was greeted by one of the two owners Dave the hubby, who was very friendly & gave us the run down of the hotel. The room we had was decorated very victorian cozy, we loved it immediately. I was like a kid in a candy store. The hotel itself is absolutely awesome, Barb the wife, greeted us the next morning and gave us a little more history about the hotel & Restaurant & Bar..Later that day Ferndale was hit with a 6.5 earthquake, there was a lot of broken glass & the town was a mess. The Ivanoe shook & rattled like crazy, although there was not alot of devestating damage there was bottles & broken items everywhere and the beautifuel grandfather clock that Dave had restored was destroyed.. During this whole chaotic time Dave & Barb handled themselves so calmly & with such dignity that i justed wanted to cry for them...It was very overwhelming to every one & my heart & prayers go out to them & the wonderful town of Ferndale. We never did make our 6:00 dinner resv..but we will be back to make good on that dinner and we will defintely will stay at Dave & Barbs Hotel Ivanhoe again & again..Keep the light on in room #1 were coming back