The day we left Santa Cruz Island we were hanging out by the boat dock playing Uno in the shade because we had all been exposed to more than of our fair share of UV radiation. We heard someone say "snake". I knew exactly what it was (there is only one snake species on the island). We went over to take a look. The guy who found it was trying to take a picture of it. The snake was making tracks. I told him if he caught it he could get a better picture of it. He said "I don't think I want to get that close." He found it so I didn't want to take all the fun from him. When I finally figured out that he was going to let the snake slip under a bush I picked it up. He seemed glad to get an up close picture of it, and his little boy got to touch his first snake. I got to catch my first Island Gopher Snake.

We spent some time taking pictures of all of the abandoned machinery from the ranching operations that used to decimate the island.

An old ranch house at Smugglers Cove. The sundial over the front door was very accurate.

This was an old road grater that they pulled behind a Caterpillar dozer. I think it looks like the machine that It one and It two drove in The Cat In The Hat.

Amy and the kids on the boat ride back. We saw flying fish and a large pod of dolphins. The captain of the boat said there were over 1,000 dolphins in that particular pod.