Santa Cruz, The Island Version
After getting turned away from the Lake Cachuma campgrounds due to the fact that “the lake is on fire,” according to one highway patrol officer, we quickly formulated a backup plan to stay at night on the beach just north of Ventura. The next morning we took a boat ride out to Santa Cruz Island for a scenic hike along the coast line. After losing the trail back we had to forge our own path through a river bed and rely on our impeccable sense of direction to get us back to the pier in time for the last departing boat of the day. Luckily we made it back with a few minutes to spare. It would have been a cold, lonely and hungry night on that island.
