It’s an interesting place. Located just 22 miles from LA, it’s not big and not really small either; 22 miles long and 8 wide. It’s a pretty dry island that has palm trees, cacti and oddly enough bison that were brought in during the 1920’s as extras for a silent western film that was shot here. It only has a couple of towns and several beautiful harbors.
We’re located in one of those harbors, Isthmus Cove just off of the town of Two Harbors.
First we rested after our three day passage from Monterey. Then we did a few boat projects like trying to fix our running lights that had gone out on the last passage. We found the problem, a few broken connections but couldn’t fix them because our soldering iron refused to get hot enough. Time for a new iron. In the mean time we rigged some emergency running lights that we just happened to have for the occasion.
We also hiked and rowed around. One night we went into the only bar in town and watched the last game of the World Series with a few of the residents.
This morning we had brunch with a very well mannered raven who didn’t try to take any food in spite of seeming to be very interested in what we were eating.
It truly is a beautiful place. The island has a rugged and stark, natural beauty set in the deep cobalt blue sea. I’m glad we were here in the “off” season as there was evidence that this was one of those much loved places.
I think Malo may be ready to head on south. She’s already getting that funny little wiggle that she does when she’s been in a harbor too long. San Diego’s next. We’ll probably head out for there this weekend.
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