Channel Islands National Park, Part II

Obligatory pose with the sign.

The facilities on the island are pretty bare bones, as expected.  The visitor center is more of a kiosk.  There are only pit toilets.

There was a docent who led a guided tour with our group that just landed.  We started out with him, but we soon departed for our own self-guided tour.

He had a lot of knowledge about the plants on the island.

These cherries looked good, but they tasted awful.

We found a cozy table near the campsite to eat our Subway sandwich lunch.

D experimented with this head scarf thing that I won.  This is the “bandit” look.

This is the “headband” look.

We were fortunate to have several spottings of the island fox near the campsite.  n wants me to mention that this fox is endemic to the island, so there is a fun factoid.

After lunch we started on the Cavern Point Hike loop.  A good tip is to go past the campsite and go clockwise to avoid a really steep climb.

Our load was somewhat lighter after we ate our lunch, but we still had to carry more than usual.

When we reached the top of our hike, we went to the left a little for a glimpse of Potato Harbor.

The cliffs are quite dramatic.

I need to remember to clear our junk for pictures!

Someone’s getting tired.