Setting out on Prisoners to Pelican Hike with GPS (6 mi round trip)
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Kathy Dewet-Oleson, naturalist extraordinaire for Channel Islands Nat. Park and our leader on the hike
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Ascending from Prisoners
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Overlooking Prisoner's
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Looking down at central valley
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Kathy and prickly pear
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Kathy shows us a manzanita tree with its bark that is cool to the touch
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More vistas on the way to Pelican
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Approaching Pelican Bay
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Pelican Bay
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Climbing down to the harbor
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Awesome conglomerate
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Pelican tide pools
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Yachts at Pelican
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Time for a swim before hiking back to Prisoner's
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Stop on a tour of the TNC buildings by Lyndal, caretaker and researcher. Small archaeological museum
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Revisting the old church as part of Lyndal's tour
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Inside the old church
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Grave of Edwin Stanton, longtime owner of Santa Cruz Island
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and of his son, who eventually sold the island to The Nature Conservancy
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ending as I was beginning...
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a grave for a little dog
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Hi there!
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