Ventura | Jul 2010
Short trip to Ventura, CA and the Channel Islands for the July 4th weekend. We took a wildlife cruise along the North shore of Anacapa island where we saw dolphins, sea lions and tons of birds. We stayed in Ventura 2 nights - a great small town with excellent beaches, great food, a mission from 1782 and a historic downtown. Read the corresponding blog post.
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Happy 4th of July! My wife and I are on a weekend vacation to Ventura, CA. This train trestle was right behind our hotel, and I thought it would make a cool subject. In addition to playing on the train tracks, we swam in the ocean, walked and played frisbee on the beach, checked out the street fair on Main street, and walked along the Ventura river and past Surfers Point. Sadly we did not watch any fireworks, but only because there weren't any around.
Ventura is a really cool place! I highly recommend visiting.
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Travel/Ventura/12863408_qQw6m">more Ventura pics</a>
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year2/7157835_BfJPF#582241458_3jjhK">[last year]</a>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Ventura2010/i-fzPLXRC/4/f43d26e3/L/2010-07-04%20Train%20Trestle-L.jpg)
_07/04/10_ Trestle Happy 4th of July! My wife and I are on a weekend vacation to Ventura, CA. This train trestle was right behind our hotel, and I thought it would make a cool subject. In addition to playing on the train tracks, we swam in the ocean, walked and played frisbee on the beach, checked out the street fair on Main street, and walked along the Ventura river and past Surfers Point. Sadly we did not watch any fireworks, but only because there weren't any around. Ventura is a really cool place! I highly recommend visiting. more Ventura pics [last year]
![<span id="date">_07/03/10_</span> <span id="title">Anacapa Island</span>
5-shot panorama of Anacapa island, which is actually a tight chain of 3 islands. In the foreground is East, where we were going to camp until the stairs broke and the NPS closed it. The stairs are directly below the crane that you can see the top of on the right side of the island. In the distance is West Anacapa, and you can't see Middle because East is blocking the view.
I took the shot as the boat headed back to the mainland after our wildlife cruise which took us along the North shore of Anacapa. On the way there we garnered up quite a following of seagulls because folks threw food to them - that was pretty entertaining until they started pooping on us. We also saw 2 pods of common dolphins, and a pride of sea lions. The islands are a huge breeding spot for seagulls, cormorants and pelicans, who have basically whitewashed half the island.
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Travel/Ventura/12863408_qQw6m">more pics from this trip</a>
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year2/7157835_BfJPF#581315862_MT9bj">[last year]</a>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Ventura2010/i-SDSBQWC/3/4769050e/Ti/2010-07-03%20East%20Anacapa%20Island-Ti.jpg)
![<span id="date">_07/04/10_</span> <span id="title">Trestle</span>
Happy 4th of July! My wife and I are on a weekend vacation to Ventura, CA. This train trestle was right behind our hotel, and I thought it would make a cool subject. In addition to playing on the train tracks, we swam in the ocean, walked and played frisbee on the beach, checked out the street fair on Main street, and walked along the Ventura river and past Surfers Point. Sadly we did not watch any fireworks, but only because there weren't any around.
Ventura is a really cool place! I highly recommend visiting.
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Travel/Ventura/12863408_qQw6m">more Ventura pics</a>
<a href="http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/year2/7157835_BfJPF#582241458_3jjhK">[last year]</a>](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/Ventura2010/i-fzPLXRC/4/f43d26e3/Ti/2010-07-04%20Train%20Trestle-Ti.jpg)
dakotacowboy
on July 6, 2010excellent point of view - great repeating patterns