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So I woke up at like 4:30am for Santa Cruz. Tiffany picked me up (although I might as well have just gone with Mom, since she was like ten minutes late lol) and we drove over to North. And then everyone was already in their carpools and ready to leave, and Estabrook split us up into cars. I went in Angie's car (actually, I didn't really know who Angie was until this point lol) with Katie, Katie, and Brandon. And Angie's boyfriend, who reminded me a lot of Jeff Cruz, and who I actually thought was coming with us, but I guess not, (but it says a lot about a guy who's willing to wake up at four just to see his girl off lol). Anyhow, my voice was really going out. My throat had been sore since Thursday, and then yesterday I was already losing it a little (but it had gone out just enough so that I sounded sophisticated lolll), and it was just bad today. So it sucked, but I had to pretty much be all anti-social for the majority of the ride cuhs I couldn't talk, which sucked lol. But then I figured out how to talk a little so my voice wasn't completely cracking; it just sounded like I had a really deep voice lol.

The sun was rising as we pulled into Ventura Harbor; it was really pretty. (:

We played a lot of cards while we were waiting to board, and after we boarded.

And then at some point I think someone said something about dolphins and we all went outside to see (we didn't see anything though), and then we were all like, ~ mesmerized ~ by the water and just like. Stared at it. For an ungodly amount of time lol. The waves would splash up really high sometimes; a few times Ned put his hand out and all this water ricocheted off it and splashed us. |:

... And then we saw a whale! :`D It was really far away and my zoom isn't quite strong enough, but Dinuk got some really good shots.

Channel Islands, Prisoners Harbor. (:

When we got there, we formed a line and passed everyone's luggage to shore. From there, we got three wheelbarrows and dumped all the tents and heavy equipment on there. And then there was some extra space, so I took advantage of it and dumped my bag on there too lol. Estabrook pulled Jen aside and whispered someone to her, and then said that she could bring someone along, so she dragged me lol. We grabbed our stuff and walked on ahead, and then Jen said that Estabrook was gonna take the group into this little cave and we were supposed to hide in there and jump out and scare them lol.

... Except she forgot where the cave was, so we ended up just hiding behind a sign. |: And then when they passed by, Jennifer threw her sleeping bag at them and jumped out lol.

Estabrook: Yeah they all went in the cave and I thought 'ohh this is gonna be good!' And then you didn't jump out. And at first I didn't know what happened. And then I was worried about you. And then I forgot about you.

We went over to our campsite and set up all the tents; ours is the biggest. (8

It was funny cuhs all the guys had so much trouble hahaha.

There were ladybugs everywhere! O:

Anyhow, after everyone got everything set up, we went hiking.

Me, Tiffany, Jen, and Estabrook all kind of fell behind cuhs we were walking with Angie and she had some trouble going up the steep hills with her braces.

Estabrook would stop every now and then and point out some plants.

Those yellow flowers are mustard, no relation to the kind you put on a hot dog apparently lol. But it was really pretty. We stopped (and fell behind some more lol) to take all these pictures. (8

After the mustard field, we came across this area, which is where we stopped to have lunch. Everyone pretty much shared everything lol; Ned had these "Onion Blossom" Pringles and we were all like ... what the hell is this! LOL. They were really strong. xD

The view was gorgeous. (:

After lunching we hiked some more. My feet were already so sore by this point lol. We were heading towards this secluded bay, which according to Jennifer had naked people lolll.

Damn me for closing my eyes on an otherwise perfect picture. |:

No naked people, but it was really pretty there. We were all exhausted at this point, and so we were all sitting down by the edge of the cliff. And. I don't know, we just kind of stayed there for like half an hour, just meditating or napping or something hahah. Afterwards, we headed back to the campsite. My feet were in excruciating pain lol.

Home sweet home. (`:

Jen and I were outside the tent at one point, and she was like "LOL omg, I was looking at our tent, and I thought that net in the middle was some guy hanging there" LOL. And then we made all these Cry references and called it Absalom. xD

Cleeearly I did not use enough sunscreen lol. But what the hell is which these shapes on my arm!

Everyone just collapsed in their tents for a bit, and then we all gathered around the picnic tables and played cards and whatnot. After some time we went and got some cookware from the island people.

Again, much sharing. (: Dinuk totally didn't even have food LOL so I gave him a sandwich (since Mom gave me like, friggin five; seriously, she made me bring so much food xD).

As we ate and as we finished up, we played all these games like In My World and Snaps, and it was so funny because we did a few that were really easy, and Brandon and Ashley wouldn't get any of them lol. We did all this prep for Mind Madness too hahah. (x

Also around this time, Brandon asked if I lost my voice. To which I responded "... Yes Brandon, I don't actually sound like this." To which he was a douche and periodically told me to shut up cuhs he hated hearing my voice LOL douche.

When it got dark, around 9-ish, we all went over to the beach and huddled around the benches and told ghost stories. Or really it was just Megan telling ghost stories since no one else knew any. And then I told one at the end about the Monkey Paw that Borland told us back in 7th grade. Too bad it wasn't super scary, cuhs my hoarse voice was perfect for this lol.

... And then on the next table Ned was telling perverted/racist/women jokes lol.

After a while, we all made our way back to the campsite. I looked up at the sky and there were millions of stars out, and it was just gorgeous. And then I really wished Kent was there.