More pictures

Here are some more pictures from the past two weeks at Santa Cruz Islands.

Looking West along the bay at Smuggler's Cove.  The biggest "cove" I've ever been in.
The back up stern anchor and chain we use off the stern.  It's the same size as our bow anchor so we know we aren't going anywhere.
The Northeast end of Smuggler's Cove.  That's a Coast Guard buoy in the foreground.
A grove of olive trees on the shoreline of Smuggler's Cove.  There are picnic tables a shore for folks that have the guts to take their dingys in. 
The Lady Frances on the rocks.  She ran aground early on Monday, August 5.  We guessed that her anchor dragged when the winds changed during the night.
Vessel Assist pulled her off the rocks and out into the "cove" where she sank.  They had managed to rip off her stern while getting her off the rocks.  Not a successful "assist".
The Lady Frances with air bags attached to get her off stern off the bottom.
Dragged past our bow and over to get more bags attached before being dragged back to Ventura.
Oh so sad to see.
There's a lot of boat under the water.
The South side of Santa Cruz Island.
Farther along the SOuth shoreline of Santa Cruz Island.
Looking along the South shore of Santa Cruz into the military testing ground we had to pass through.
Coches Prietos Cove.  One of the "favorite" places by locals.  A great beach but too rocky for our tastes.  Lots of swells and wind heading into the cove.  We passed on anchoring there.
Albert's Anchorage.  This was just around the corner from Coches Prietos Cove.  Much calmer but it does get darker there earlier since there is a big rock on the West side of the anchorage. That's fine, it's calmer in there.
The cliffs at Albert's Anchorage on the south side of Santa Cruz Island.
Jammed in at Pelican Bay with the Santa Barbara Yacht Club folks.  We ended up with 22 boats in the bay for two night.  Side by side and anchor to anchor.
The sides of the bay at Pelican.  It looks almost like the sides of a rusted out piece of metal. 
The North side of Anacapa Island on the way to Oxnard, CA.
The East end of Anacapa Island.  They get winds of over 70 mph regularly.  That's one reason there is just about nothing growing on the island.