Tag: “Islands”

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  1. Brothers & Backpacks

    My brother Chris and I take a post-breakfast snapshot in front of our Channel Islands campsite. Situated a short boat ride off the Santa Barbara coast, Channel Islands National Park hosts a magnificent five-island sprawl.

  2. Four Days Cruising the Aegean

    After bidding farewell to Istanbul, we set course for four days of splendor in the Aegean, the girls couldn't wait.

  3. Island Snow

    Because of the Channel Islands remote isolation, hundreds of endemic plant and animal species thrive, creating distinct contrast with the tropical skies and littering the islands with unique color.

  4. Scenic Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, one of five uninhabited islands making up the Channel Islands National Park, sits a couple dozen miles off the California coast. With its lush chartreuse bluffs and exquisite topaz harbors make the island it a hot spot for any outdoorsman's delight.

  5. Couleurs Trois

    Green, white and blue dominated the Eastern Santa Cruz landscape.

    The largest of five uninhabited islands making up the Channel Islands National Park, Santa Cruz offered quiet, natural beauty and challenge for this backpacker.

  6. The Upward Climb

    Along with the blooming coreopsis the Channel Islands' Santa Cruz Island climbs to picture perfect vistas, including a three-hundred, sixty degree mountain high view of the Western sprawl.

  7. This Way!

    Helping my brother around the Channel Islands is no easy task. As he looks over the horizon at the next hike I snap a quick self-portrait of the tour guide - yours truly.

  8. All Aboard!

    As we depart for the Channel Islands National Park rows of sail boats sit parked in pristine order.

  9. The Isles of Scilly

    Located just 28 miles off the coast of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly are a miniature tropical paradise in the north Atlantic. There are five larger inhabited islands, and many more smaller ones that are home to a vast array of wildlife.

  10. Beautiful white sands

    crystal clear water……the gushing sound of the cool breeze…well this might sound like the cliché description given by your travel agent of an exotic and “expensive” tourist destination. However this description is different in a very simple way…its true.