{"id":678,"date":"2013-10-03T17:44:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fourchinnigan.com\/blog\/?p=678"},"modified":"2013-10-03T17:44:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:44:25","slug":"island-jaunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fourchinnigan.com\/blog\/?p=678","title":{"rendered":"Island Jaunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI’ve reached that point in my life where most of my friends are moving into or approaching their forties. A couple of weeks ago, a group of us celebrated Steven’s crossing of the 40 threshold on Santa Cruz Island<\/a> in California’s Channel Islands.<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0It’s the biggest of the islands and one I hadn’t visited before. It was a day of boat riding, hiking, snorkeling, and watching a kayaker be evacuated after injuring himself in a sea cave. I’d like to return with a kayak to explore the caves and remote beaches. While hiking around, we were lucky to stumble upon one of the islands adorable endemic foxes<\/a>. Unfortunately, the only shot I was able to get of the pup wasn’t a very interesting one. Below are a few of the more decent photos I took from throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t