Our first view of Santa Cruz Island as the ship neared Scorpion Harbor (center of the left side of the shot). The land in the distance to the right is the western side of Santa Cruz Island.

The Island Packers boat dropped 6 of us off at Scorpion Harbor and then continued on to its next destination.

Getting our orienattion lecture from the Ranger. The campground capacity at Scorpion Ranch is 240. There were a total of 9 of us here today (10 if you include the Ranger). Left to Right: Ranger Mike, Melinda and Beverly from San Diego, and John from Santa Cruz.

Todd inspecting the sit-on-top kayaks from Island Kayakers. The Island Packers folks had deposited the kayaks on the beach after dropping us off on the pier.

Todd with his dry bag and my day pack (carrying our food) as we started on the short 1/4 mile jaunt back to the Scorpion Ranch campsite.

There was a family of 4 at the back of the campsite and we newcomers of us spread out among the remaining eucalyptus tree shaded sites. (Lots of butterflies, crows, and hummingbirds in camp). We pitched our tent, stowed our gear, and headed back to the beach to do some early afternoon kayaking.

The Scorpion Ranch complex had a large collection of vintage machenery including this antique Caterpillar bulldozer.

Todd donning his life jacket in preparation for the kayak outing.

Topo of today's routes. Blue is a quick ~3mil kayak excursion past Cavern Point. Pink is our late afternoon hike to the Campo Grande pasture. (No kayaking pictures yet, my brother had the waterproof camera and I don't yet have copies)