Channel Islands

Back to civilazation, meaning back to the blog. After spending one extra night in Santa Barbara the Kat Den Rie headed off towards the Channel Islands solo. Suebee had a water leak to take care of, so the three of us were on our own.

After our beautiful sail over, we nestled into Frys anchorage for the night. Kat and I immediately hopped onto kayaks and explored the surrounding caves and cliffs. Of course I forgot my camera, but we had a blast spooking each other in the caves and arguing over who found the biggest starfish orgy. The next morning dad took a turn kayaking the caves with kat (they got pictures), then we took a trip to shore for a quick hike. Pulling out of Frys, we headed out into the SB channel and got some, uh, practice with rough water manuevers. After that we also got some pactice cleaning up, drying off, and reorganizing the cabin of the boat. We pulled into Pelicans for some rest and realized what was meant by the "Pelican roll". Not the best nights sleep, but dramatically beautiful none the less.

The next day we took things a little easier and headed into Coches Prietos, my personal favorite. Perfect beach. Dad and I headed in to set the stern anchor (entertainment for everyone watching) and Kat headed in to join us for a little exploring. My only regret is not getting to spend much time there, a menacing weather forcast had us scrambling to head into the mainland today. We arrived in Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, early this afternoon and reunited with Suebee. We're looking forward to a couple of good nights rest before we head off.