Channel Islands Day 3

After our long day of walking, we were looking forward to a break on the third day.  Of course instead of that, we took a 7 mile round trip hike to Smugglers Cove.  We are so happy we did...we got to see our first and only Channel Islands fox that wasn't at a campground, a couple awesome birds, a beautiful beach and an olive grove that had been planted by the ranchers.

 Much easier to walk with nothing on your back!

 Weirdest flower ever?

 Tiny olives in the olive grove!

 We made it!

 Brett was excited because his pants were pants AND shorts.  And then we found out that the shorts were SHORT.  And then I got the best-ever photo of Brett.

 After we got back, it got really cold at the campground!  I just huddled in my sweatshirt the whole evening while Brett did some watercolors.

The moon on our trip was very big and bright.  That night, Brett managed to convince me to get out of our tent around 9 pm for a walk to the beach.  I cannot recommend moonlit beaches enough.