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Discover Santa Cruz Island of Channel Islands National Park: The American Galapagos |
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Program Number: |
9176RJ |
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| Duration: |
3 nights |
| Location: |
Ventura, California
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| Price starting at: |
$499.00 - Price may vary based on date, departure city |
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National Parks
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Activity Level: |
t (see description) |
| Meals: |
8;
3 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 3 Dinners |
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| Meal
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Vegetarian |
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Relatively untouched by modern culture, California’s Channel Islands National Park is an oasis of natural splendor. Journey by boat to experience the island of Santa Cruz with its pristine beaches and grass-covered hills. Examine Santa Cruz Island as a miniature representation of the Southern California of 100 years ago, and learn about a rich array of plant life, sea birds, fish and marine mammals, some found nowhere else in the world.
Highlights
• Journey by boat to Santa Cruz Island, the largest of five islands making up Channel Islands National Park.
• Studies of the Channel Islands’ rich variety of flora, fauna and geology are led by local naturalists.
• Trace the island's human history from the Chumash Indians to explorers, fur traders, ranchers, scientists and visitors of today.
Activity Particulars
Walking up to half mile on flat, paved surfaces. Island hikes on uneven, dirt trails; one mile or longer walks optional. Boat trip one hour each way.
Date Specific Information
4-14-2013
Green grasslands and native wildflowers are visible on Santa Cruz Island. Intensity and duration of bloom varies each year due to rain and temperature.
6-2-2013
Summer wildflowers include buckwheat, asters, and other sunflowers.
6-23-2013, 7-14-2013
Summer wildflowers include buckwheat, asters, and other sunflowers. Slight chance to see blue or humpback whales in the deep water during boat ride to and from the Island.
Coordinated by Road Scholar.
Ventura
A classic California beach community with surfers, art galleries, white-sand beaches and warm breezes, Ventura is situated between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara near the region's museums, historic missions and coastal wonders.
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Accommodations
Ventura's only beachfront property, with balcony rooms and ocean views, steps away from the historic downtown and pier.
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| Road Scholar Instructors | | These instructors are participating on at least one date of this program. Please note that changes may occur. | Robert Lopez
| | Bob Lopez is a fifth-generation resident of Ventura County and Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at Moorpark College. While in college, Bob became interested in the history and archaeology of the Mission Period. This spurred his interest in the native peoples of the area: who they were, how they had adapted to the environment and what had happened to them. Now retired from teaching, Bob stays active in local archaeology through Road Scholar programs and the Ventura County Archaeological Society. | | | | Margery Spielman
| | Margery Spielman is an internationally recognized environmental and marine artist, lecturer, naturalist and professional diver. An oceanography and scuba instructor, she is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has worked underwater on numerous films. Her freelance assignments for the Cousteau Society have included research logistics, diving, speaking and illustrating. Described as a visionary realist, she exhibits her watercolor paintings in major marine art expos from Hawaii to Paris. | | | | Jan Timbrook
| | Dr. Jan Timbrook is an anthropologist and ethnobiologist who specializes in the indigenous Chumash people of the Santa Barbara region, with particular emphasis on their uses of plants in food, medicine, and basketry. Jan serves as the Curator of Ethnography at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History where she has worked for over 30 years. She is the author of “Chumash Ethnobotany: Plant Knowledge Among the Chumash People of Southern California.” | | | | Patricia Meyer
| | Patricia Meyer is president of the Channel Islands Park Foundation and director of the Friends of the Island Fox, a program of the Channel Islands Park Foundation. She was born and educated in England, immigrated to Canada, and then to the United States, settling in Los Angeles where she completed her MBA through the University of Redlands, California. Following an early career in advertising and marketing, Pat spent the remainder of her career as a vice president for a nationwide property-casualty insurance company. She has been a docent at the Los Angeles Zoo since 1994, where she also served for five years as editor of the docent newsletter, “All Creatures.” Pat lectures in the provisional docent’s zoological course, and is a member of the Lecture Advisory Committee. In 2004, she founded Friends of the Island Fox, a non-profit organization dedicated to saving this endangered species at Channel Islands National Park. | | | |
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