Isla Magdalena & Sand Dollar Beach
Sunrise. Flocks of cormorants on their morning commute. Prehistoric pelicans skimming close to the water in long lazy lines. Colors, textures, shifting sands and shifting perspectives. This is how we started our day. It is the first day of our two week photo expedition and with or without cameras there is plenty to see, and plenty of time to look closely through our lenses. Many of us look through camera lenses others choose just the lenses of our eyes. We are all capturing this place in our minds .
After breakfast we headed to Isla Magdalena again, this time for a hike with the naturalists and a stroll across the dunes to the Pacific Ocean. The hike held many surprises. Many dune plants, adapted for this harsh environment, were in bloom. Shell middens and coyote tracks gave hints of prior activities in these dunes. Sand dollar beach lived up to its name. The Pacific ocean did not. It was not peaceful today at all. But the crashing waves were wonderful to see and hear. The wind made sure that none of us got back aboard without taking a little bit of the dunes with us.
By late afternoon we knew we were on an expedition. We headed out into the Pacific to have a look and decide if the seas were too rough for us to go north. Although there were waves and swell, it was something that our leader, Ralph, thought was worth the ride. We will be underway to San Ignacio Lagoon all night.
Sunrise. Flocks of cormorants on their morning commute. Prehistoric pelicans skimming close to the water in long lazy lines. Colors, textures, shifting sands and shifting perspectives. This is how we started our day. It is the first day of our two week photo expedition and with or without cameras there is plenty to see, and plenty of time to look closely through our lenses. Many of us look through camera lenses others choose just the lenses of our eyes. We are all capturing this place in our minds .
After breakfast we headed to Isla Magdalena again, this time for a hike with the naturalists and a stroll across the dunes to the Pacific Ocean. The hike held many surprises. Many dune plants, adapted for this harsh environment, were in bloom. Shell middens and coyote tracks gave hints of prior activities in these dunes. Sand dollar beach lived up to its name. The Pacific ocean did not. It was not peaceful today at all. But the crashing waves were wonderful to see and hear. The wind made sure that none of us got back aboard without taking a little bit of the dunes with us.
By late afternoon we knew we were on an expedition. We headed out into the Pacific to have a look and decide if the seas were too rough for us to go north. Although there were waves and swell, it was something that our leader, Ralph, thought was worth the ride. We will be underway to San Ignacio Lagoon all night.
