Channel Islands National Park Hiking Trips
Santa Cruz Island is one of the five Channel Islands off the California coast. We took Island Packers boat from Ventura Harbor to Scorpian Achorage on the east side of the island which is under control by the National Park Service. The boat trip is about 23 miles and takes one hour. The west side of the island is controlled by the Nature Conservancy. The island is well protected from human influence....
Smuggler's Cove. Mimi and I took the dinghy to shore and hiked about a bit. We flooded the dinghy both on arrival and departure to shore! Almost we stuck but for the help of some surf god watching us, who paddled over and pushed us out.
