Kayaking without a paddle

The sun breaking through in Ventura Harbor

Kayaks ready to go

Today was one of those days that did not turn out as planed. Marnie and Cory joined Cherie and I today. Our goal was to take our new Seadoo sled and kayaks out to Anacapa Island and go Kayaking through arch rock and into some sea caves. As we headed out clouds rolled in and it was pretty foggy and the water was rough but it did look like it might clear. After going a few miles Cherie noticed we had lost a paddle somewhere. We looked but could not find it. Since it is hard to Kayak without a paddle we took the sled back and headed out on the seadoo's for lunch in ventura. It was a rough ride going there but we had a great lunch and the weather did clear so we had a great ride back. We also got to see the very rare Channel Island Penguin(we really have no idea what kind of bird it is but it did look like a penguin). The weather does change alot out here so you just have to take what it gives you and overall it was a good learning experience and turned out to be a nice day.

Whales, Dolphins, and 2 Islands

Santa Cruz Island

Blake at Anacapa Island Arch Rock

Sea Caves at Santa Cruz Island

Today I had the honor of having Blake Mueller join me for a seadoo run out in the ocean. It was a perfect day today. The Santa Ana winds had died down and that is usually the best day to get out there and it was. We had perfect weather in the 70's (I do feel for you people on the east coast and do hope this gives you a little warmth) flat and clear water. We ran into dolphins about 3 miles from land(we usually do not see them in so close). We continued to see dolphins on the way to Anacapa and they keep trying to race with us. We then went around Anacapa Island and got to see some Gray whales on the north side just hanging out(Blake gets credit for the video I got a video of my foot). We then went to Santa Cruz Island ( about 6 miles) and ran into more dolphins on the way back. It was an amazing day and hard to believe it was January.

Whale Video

Blake running with the Dolphins

This video is of Blake trying to out run the dolphins

Video of the Day

We had so much video I decided to combine Blake's video's and mine and put them together and add a little U2 music beautiful Day.