Soon, we'll ALL have blogs!

A couple of years ago, my brother was visiting and we took his nephew to the Ventura Harbor and there was a live sea animal display and information about the Channel Islands and its unique habitat. All five islands are protected National Park and camping reservations have to be made three months in advance. Because it's an island chain, it's home to many unique animals including the cutest little red fox that lives only on these islands. There are fantastic photos of the islands on this photographer's site.


So it was with great enthusiasm that I asked about my co-workers trip there last weekend and was delighted to hear that it was highly eventful. She stayed on a boat, setting foot on land for only about ten minutes out of three days. They cooked on a stove suspended by the ceiling that swung with the boat so pots and pans wouldn't slide off. Does it work I asked? "Kind of."

Her Sierra Club group took rafts into sea caves and were stampeded by a herd of sea lions who appeared to be trying to sink them. She and a friend discovered a 26-foot shark carcass on the beach and later returned to the sea caves in scuba gear to explore the pitch black water. She then made reference to other trips like a shark diving expedition in which she threw up in the ventilator (apparently it's made to handle that, somehow) and I was just so amazed at her level of adventure.

Turns out, she has a blog! She promised that the Channel Islands trip will eventually be posted and I can't wait.