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Channel Islands

Just shots of local trips around the islands.

Fresh water pools at the mouth of Lobo Canyon.

Erosion in Lobo Canyon on Santa Rosa island is spectacular.

We found ROYGBIV on this beach! (Well sort of) Fry's harbor.

Like snorkeling without getting wet.

Messy cockpit but pretty fun for a kid tying a hook on a line.

Anacapa Island is really a remarkable island with its isthmuses that let anyone with a dinghy or a kayak go from one side of the island to the other...

Here you can see the hillsides still charred by the fire that swept over the east end of Santa Cruz Island in the spring. We were watching a...

Just weighed anchors and getting ready to head out from Little Scorpion anchorage.

Sailing back into Santa Barbara. Summerland is behind the boat and to the right. East Beach is to the left in this shot. Columbia 29.

Looking south from the beach at Forney's. Cheoy Lee Luders 30.

Fog in the channel is common in the summer. I stay out of the shipping lane until it lifts. Cheoy Lee Luders 30.

North slope of west end of Santa Cruz island.

Entrance to Potato Harbor, Santa Cruz Island. Anchoring on the right side in there is a bit more protected perhaps, but there are a lot of rocks. I'd...

Arch rock, east point of Anacapa Island.

Forney's Cove. What a beautiful view while having lunch!

A very calm morning in Forney's. View is to northwest. The isthmus there is easily breached at high tide by northwest swell.

Forney's Cove, Santa Cruz Island. "Low clouds and fog" is the typical forecast in the summer. Here the ridge is obscured by clouds looking north....

West Point of Santa Cruz Island. Motoring along on a calm morning headed north. Typically this is the potato patch, an area of confused and steep...

Forney, or Forney's, Cove, west end of Santa Cruz Island. It is tempting to anchor in close to the beach but the kelp in closer can easily foul an...

Forney Cove, west end of Santa Cruz Island, looking southwest to Santa Rosa Island. A spectacularly beautiful cove, with good protection from...

Beachcombing, Fry's harbor morning.

Santa Barbara approach from the south. Note the two peaks above the city with bare rock faces. Those are easily spotted offshore, as is the large...

Coming into Santa Barbara harbor.

Banana bread from our Omnia oven!

Fry's harbor afternoon, 2019

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