We visited the Channel Islands National Park visitor center in Ventura, California. This was actually our second visit here; we previously visited back in 2022, including a boat tour to near the islands.
This second visit was mainly so Jenn could get a stamp in her National Parks passport book; something she hadn’t started on our first visit. We also watched the park film.
Exhibits:
Store:
Relief maps:
I posted in early March about our visit and cruise to Channel Islands National Park, off the coast of California.
Well, those photos were taken by my iPhone, but Jenn also took a bunch of photos with her big camera, a Nikon D7200. She has just gone through those photos, and shared her favorites with me, so I thought I’d do a followup post with her pictures. Enjoy!
Whale tail:
Oil rig:
Lioning about:
Dolphins:
Whale tail:
Dolphins:
Birds:
Arch and island:
In our ongoing mission to visit every national park, we did one of the ones we can’t drive into — Channel Islands National Park, off the coast of California.
We could drive to the visitor center in Ventura, California, though:
After that we stopped for lunch at a nearby place in the marina, Boatyard Pub:
Fish and chips:
Burger and fries (most excellent fries):
Good vibes:
Then we headed to Oxnard for an afternoon boat cruise into the park. Here’s an info sign:
The marina:
Our tour boat was the Vanguard:
Boarding the Vanguard:
Time to go:
Departing:
We were fortunate to see several whales; here’s a blowhole sign of one:
Whale tail:
Low-flying pelicans:
One of several oil rigs:
We also encountered a few pods of dolphins:
A couple of animated GIFs of the dolphins:
More dolphin pics:
Our guide:
Another whale encounter:
Whale GIF:
Pelicans:
The coastguard is still requiring masks, even in an outdoor situation like this, for some reason. So here’s a masked selfie:
East Anacapa Island:
Arch:
There were hundreds or thousands of birds in the air and on the island:
Lighthouse:
Arch:
Birds:
Building:
Sea lions:
