History

Previously the Searose Bed and Breakfast

Judith Gregoire provided exceptional hospitality and delicious breakfasts for over 17 years at the Searose Bed and Breakfast. When she decided to retire and spend more time with her children and grandchildren, she put the bed and breakfast up for sale.

Turtlejanes Bed and Breakfast

Jane Sandquist and Bonnie DeYoung stayed for a week at the Searose in 2006 when they first attended the Children’s Book Writing Conference in Oceanside and thereafter every summer for eight years. The first day they walked in Jane said, “I want this place. I could do this.” That statement was repeated every year when they arrived, but no one took it seriously.

In November of 2012 Jane serendipitously learned that Judy was retiring and purchased the Searose July 1, 2013.

Donald and Jane Sandquist

Don and Jane grew up in Colorado. When Don graduated from dental school at Loma Linda University in California, they moved to Hamilton, Montana, where they raised their family in the Bitterroot Valley. They also lived in Islamabad, Pakistan for seven years and on the island of St. Kitts for 16 years where Don practiced dentistry and played golf and Jane was an assistant dean of Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and head of the preparatory school on campus. Jane also developed, along with Raymond Tarpley and Christine Curry, turtlejane’s coffee shop on the vet school campus where she daily baked a variety of scrumptious goods to go with the coffee.