Not Even A Cloud.

It seems pretty rare to be able to do something new in a place where you have been going to for over thirty years....., but, since my Uncle Tim got a boat a few years back, he has been itching to take us over to the Channel Islands to explore. We went over to the island of Santa Cruz (25 miles) with the aid of UT's badass 250hp Yamaha outboard! Tim, Chels, and my other uncle, Pete were along for the mission.

Seals fighting for the high rent district in the SB harbor.

El Capitan Uncle Tim, me, and Uncle Pete, flush with motion sickness pills and ready for the open ocean crossing.

We arrived after a kinda bumpy ride with no sickness, ready to explore the "Painted Cave."

It's kinda tough to get perspective on how huge this cave was. We kayaked into it with flashlights and a bunch of seals barking at us.

Then we motored to another little inlet, anchored down and took kayaks and surfboards to the shore.

And went on a hike. We bushwacked the hike and didn't see another footprint the whole way. Looking down at Tim's boat below.

Three of my favorite peeps!

Chels on her way back down to the boat hoping we don't get too cliffed out after taking a different route back down to the boat than we came up. If you look really far off in the distance you can just barely see SB across the channel.

Thanks again UT for the amazing day out to the Channel Islands. Next time we will stay overnight and get a good surf session or two!

Back safely on dry ground, it was time to get down to the business of Thanksgiving. My Uncle Scott showing Jeff how to get things done with the BBQ.

And of course, no beach house mission is complete without a Trike ride.

Cramming 40 plus people into a small house can only be done with a tight knit family!

This will be a Thanksgiving distinguished and remembered for the unreal sunsets every night. Pete and Tim catching the last of the day out surfing. No photo shop help with any of these shots, yep, it was that amazing!

My dad and sister, just back from a session in the water.

Is it a seal, no, it's pop-eye, nope, it's just my dad.

There has been an explosion of kids into the family the past few years, so, of course, Smores had to be added to the mix this year. Tim showing Ashlynn the finer points of Smore roasting.

And the kids then, all hopped up on Smore sugar broke it down on the dance floor.

Chels boogie boarding.

Yea Chels.

We got a visit from Lizzdogger and Jess who were in the L.A. area and brought their hot selves and even hotter ride to the beach to hang for a couple of days. Killer rental car!

Skylar enjoying another amazing evening on the beach.

Ummm, don't really know what to say. Amazing. We had huge low tides in the evenings and not a cloud in the sky every night we were there which made for shots like this.

"Ashy" learning how to properly flip a "Poppy Pancake."

Sunrise on our final morning. We LOVE you Beach House!