Santa Rosa Island

Friday, September 21, 2007 - On the boat ride out (about a 2.5 hour ride), we saw a dead blue whale lying belly-up in the ocean, with sharks and birds eating at it. We also saw a live blue whale, a humpback whale, and tons of dolphins. I still think physically I could have kayaked out to one of these islands, but obviously, I would not have been alone in the water. I think this would have been the most intimidating thing for me.

On the island, I met Peili and Ayshe - a very cool couple of girls I hung out with today. Got all my gear set up at my campsite, then wondered where my sleeping bag was. I have a bad feeling I left it in my car but wasn't sure if maybe I left it on the pier. I walked back, talked to a ranger that said nothing was left at the pier, but that the boat was coming back at :00 and maybe it was on there. Came back to camp, went back at 3:00, and luckily a ranger had an extra sleeping bag he was able to lend me. The distance from camp to the pier is 1.5 miles, and though I didn't walk the entire way each time, I think I easily walked 5 miles today, a decent amount of it in the rain. I am tired.

Dead blue whale	Hiking from the pier up to the campsite
The view from my campsite