4 April 2018
Sorry for the lack of posts but internet service was exceptionally spotty at Panamint Springs Resort. You sometimes got connections around 3 am. It’s hard to inform you about no internet without internet.
It was a 4 1/2 hour drive from Panamint Springs Resort to Ventura, Ca. You started to climb westward out of Panamint Springs and kept climbing with more hairpin turns. Once at the top, you began to descend into another salt flat and your view west gave you snow covered peaks of the Sierra Nevada range.
I pulled into Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center around 12:30 pm and checked the weather on Santa Cruz. It should be in the high 40’s at night and low 70’s during the day. I have two nights of camping on Santa Cruz. I decided to pack my heavy sleeping bag rated to 20F just in case. The ground can get a little cold.
There are eight islands in the chain of islands off Ventura and five are in the national park: Santa Cruz, Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Barbara. The others not in the park are Santa Catalina, San Clemente, and San Nicholas.
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I then stopped in at Island Packers, the approved NPS boat service to the islands. I need to be at the dock by 8 am for a 9 am departure. Everything must be packed in, including water. You have to also separate your water and fuel supplies from your backpack. They are carried in separate areas of the boat.
I made it to the Rodeway Inn on Thompson in Ventura. It’s a real dump but for $79 a night, I’m not complaining. The room seems clean and the hotel is quiet so far. The only iffy thing is when I went to connect my computer via bluetooth to my iPhone, FBI Mobile Surveillance Van #2 and FBI Mobile Surveillance Van #7 appeared as choices for Wifi connections. I’m not sure how undercover the FBI works or whether they are staking out the Rodeway Inn but you would think they would know their Wifi will show up as connections. I may be in for a raid tonight. Strangely, my computer will not connect via bluetooth to my iPhone at all and theIre is usually no trouble.
I’ve washed clothes and am waiting for a dryer. Someone has been drying ever since I got here and it is still running. Hopefully, it’ll end soon and I’ll get to dry my clothes for the camping trip tomorrow.
You won’t have any posts for the next two days – I’m on the island of Santa Cruz!
