Channel Islands

I went camping this past weekend on the Channel Islands. They are a chain of islands just north of Catalina. Santa Cruz Island, where we camped, is a gorgeous National Park. I couldn't help but think of the show Lost while I was out there... even though the terrain was very different from Hawaii. It was refreshing to get away from citylife and out into the fresh air before the busy-ness of wedding season is in full swing. :) I highly recommend visiting Santa Cruz Island if you like camping, hiking, kayaking, roughing it, and being surrounded by the beauty of nature.


Ventura Harbor at 7:30am when we boarded the boat.


Our first view of the island when we arrived. The cliffs have sea caves beneath them that we kayaked through. Some were like tunnels that you could go through to the other side and others had no other exit.


We came across a California sea lion in one of the sea caves. We were told by the ranger that they can be territorial and aggressive if they have young. Luckily this one just seemed curious to see what we were doing.






Brandon and I right before we left the island.