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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=4>Ken</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=4>Thanks for sharing your
island adventure with us all!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=4>What a great write up and
pictures. You really captured the feeling of Lobo Canyon!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Paula</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 09, 2008 12:41
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CKF Info] Santa Rosa Island
July 4, 2008 Trip Report</DIV>
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<DIV>They knew what to expect by reading the NOAA weather report which
included Santa Rosa Island. The area was under a gale warning but that
didn't stop Ken and Dave O'Connor from loading up their kayaks on the Island
Packer boat. Cheryl and Barb opted for hiking on the island. The
Island Packer boat left promptly at 8 AM with Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San
Miguel hikers and campers. Our first stop was Scorpion to drop off the
Santa Cruz folks. The captain took the back side of Santa Cruz for
smoother waters for the leg to Santa Rosa. Seeing the back side of the
island was a real treat for the adventurous foursome. But the nice
smooth ride was about to end.</DIV>
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<DIV>As the boat rounded the west end of Santa Cruz, Neptune decided to make
the trip interesting and the passengers on the bow got a good bath.
Barb had her head in a bag most of the 20 minutes it took to make the
passage to Santa Rosa. The boat arrived at the Bechers Bay pier and
unloaded the Santa Rosa campers. There are 13 sites and the rangers said
they were all booked except for 3.</DIV>
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<DIV>The campers gathered at the corrals to get the ranger orientation and the
Island Packer boat departed with the San Miguel group. Ranger
Mark said there was a possibility they wouldn't make it and asked
everyone to hold the 3 open sites for the misfortunate ones who couldn't make
it. Also, they would open up the Day Use area which didn't
have any wind shelter. After the orientation, the foursome hiked a
mile and a half to the campsite. Cheryl went into high speed mode
and bagged two shelters. After the foursome put up their tents in 27
knot winds, the San Miguel campers arrived only to find all shelter
occupied. Their boat had to turn around due to gale force
winds. They had to put up in the Day Use area and needless to say, they
were not happy campers. The kind hearted CKFers, offered up the use
off of their sheltered picnic table to cook on. </DIV>
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<DIV>At 9 AM Saturday morning and after a windy night, ranger Catherine
gathered everyone for a Lobo Canyon hike of about 9 mile. Lobo
Canyon is a hike not to be missed if visiting Santa Rosa Island.
It was late afternoon when the hikers returned and the wind was still
howling. As the foursome prepared their dinners in the protection
of the shelters, a young couple from the Day Use area came to join them.
They talked of their harrowing night in the open Day Use area and how
impossible it was to cook. Ken noticed the look of despair on their
faces and brought out the Black Box wine. Soon all their woes seemed
insignificant.</DIV>
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<DIV>The next day was spent beach hiking and a hike to Torrey Pines.
There are only two places in the world, according to the ranger, that have
Torrey pines and Santa Rosa Island is one of them. It was still too
windy to kayak but NOAA weather radio was calling for a calmer Monday.
Around midnight the winds abated and foursome awoke Monday to calm seas and
fog. Dave and Ken headed for the water and Barb and Cheryl did some more
hiking. Dave and Ken headed for Carrington Point where a large herd of
seals and sea lions reside. Pea soup fog and breaking waves in a unknown
area turned the two back to the pier. Those guys are really smart.
Back at the pier, the two practiced rolls, rescues, and braces. The
water wasn't exactly </DIV>
<DIV>tropical temperature. After a fun day of hiking and kayaking is was
time to get ready for the 3 PM boat departure.</DIV>
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<DIV>The boat ride back to Ventura included a peak into the famous Painted
Cave. The ocean was calm and Barb was happy traveler. With the
exception of the Painted Cave stop and the usual dolphin stop, the boat was
the express boat directly from Santa Rosa to Ventura. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>by Ken Fry</DIV>
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<DIV>Trip pictures at <A
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