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| My Sister took our family picture. |
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| Pinniped point. |
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| Container ship. |
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| The buildings of Anacapa. The building to the right is the water tank building. |
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| To our West, Hawaii and Japan! |
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| Crazy hair looking towards Inspiration Point. |
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| LONG way down! |
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| Inspiration Point! |
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| Incredible blues. |
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| Kelp Forrest down below. |
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| Grandma made it to Inspiration Point! Way to go! Skyler and Grandma looking at the map. My Sister Karen taking in the views. |
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| The original lighthouse Fresnel light/lens assembly. |
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| The two 1,000 watt bulbs produce over 600,000 candles of light due the to reflective lens! |
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| Motors that would turn the light. |
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| Closeup of a bulb. |
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| Perfect horizon. |
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| This large concrete slab was supposed to catch fog condensation and rain but the bird droppings provided to be too much! |
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| One of the island natives. |
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| Long ways down to the water. |
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| Crashing waves. |
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| Looking Southeast to the lighthouse. |
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| Seals on the beach! |
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| What a life! |
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| Dock view looking Southeast. |
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| One of the freshwater valves has seen better days. |
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| Our group included several volunteers and scientists working to restore some native plants on the island. |
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| People brought their kayaks along to kayak around Anacapa! |
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| Mommy taking a photo break on the stairs. |
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| Quite the climb. |
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| At the top. The crane building. The crane was out of service for some unknown reason. |
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| Could be out of service due to no hoist cable?! |
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| Grandpa keeping a keen eye on Grandma. She did great! |
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| Person braving death planting native plants! |
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| The Anacapa "main street". |
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| View North. Gorgeous! |
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| South. Lighthouse (with foghorn) and the upper portion of the crane. |
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| An unexpected surprise! John Deere 2305 tractor being worked pretty hard on the island. Too bad the wheel weights are backwards. |
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| Skyler and Grandpa (with Grandma in front) sitting on the top deck. |
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| Mommy enjoying the cool sea breeze. |
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| Oil platform "Gina" in the distance. |
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| Closer... |
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| Wow! |
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| Hello down there! He had to go down to the main deck for a bathroom break. |
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| Mommy and he stayed down for a while. |
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| Ocean greatness. |
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| Our boat made quite a wake. Mainland California in the distance. |
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| There it is! |
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| Remnants of where the island used to ramp down into the sea. |
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| Foghorn platform and lighthouse. Both still in use. |
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| The view up the stairs from the dock. The boat was not tied down and was under power the entire time during offloading and loading! |
