Saturday, July 12, 2008

island excursions

We splurged a bit to get a better view of those landmasses off of our shores, and took a catamaran ferry to the Channel Island National Park. The view below is of Scorpion Harbor on beautiful Santa Cruz Island (the largest of the chain).

We inquired about age restriction for kayaking. Looks like we just have to wait about 11 more months before we can take Micah out in a tandem with us. The guide assured us it "rocks the kids to sleep." I'm skeptical and think a better plan would be to strap a paddle to Micah's hands and have "Row, Row, Row, your boat" on repeat on some portable speakers. Given his enthusiasm for running on ahead, I suspect I would have to do very little if sharing a kayak with him.




There were of course loads of cool "TUNNELS!" to explore:And cool rusted out relics from an era gone by (with excellent poky and jabby things for tender young skin)



The highlight by far was the pod of 100 or so Common Dolphins that we saw heading out to the island (in addition to several seals, but alas no Blue Whales). This photo doesn't do them any justice, but you can see how close we were.

As cool as the dolphins were, it was a bit windy on deck...
So we moved indoors for a tamer ride.
But Micah wasn't content to sit and merely be taken along for the ride; he wanted to "drive" the boat:
Micah brought us into our slip expertly and we called it a day. Next time, we'll do it right: kayak camping!

1 comment:

Mel said...

I love those glasses! I want to get some for R.

Micah looks so Big Boy with his new haircut...

... and more like Dad.