Day two on East Anacapa Island was spent exploring.  The ranger gave us the key to the lighthouse which we toured at our leisure. I spent a good portion of the morning kayaking. Jeanine enjoyed our tandem outing yesterday but was not as keen on shooting the arch or paddling into the sea caves as I was.

The most amazing sea cave I can imagine is called Cathedral.  Inside it is the size of a small room and can be accessed by one of three portals given the right sea conditions.  A fourth “window” lets in the most beautiful aqua-tinted light.  I spent about five minutes inside but failed to take a single decent photo although I did shoot enough video to give a real sense of the experience.

Jeanine and I made several excursions to Inspiration Point from which we could see the other two islets but alas the weather conditions were never favorable for photography.

In addition to the birds and sea life we encountered a most unusual White-lined Sphinx Moth which could easily be confused with a small hummingbird given how quickly it beat its wings.  It took a shutter speed of 1/2000 of a second to freeze motion.

After tolerating my fourth camp cooked meal, I believe Jeanine was quite happy to pack up and head down to the dock to meet our return boat.  We reached the Pasadena Hilton where we grabbed much anticipated hot showers before setting out to find a nice Mexican restaurant for dinner.