Sunday, March 6, 2011

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

February 21 to February 25, 2011



Maricopa Highway...


Santa Paula

Apricot trees in bloom in Ojai

Maricopa Highway






Wednesday, February 23, 2011




Gridley Trail in Ojai




Overview of Ojai Valley from Gridley Trail


Click on the dates to see more photos from that day....

Have a GREAT week!




Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Winter Storms....



We are expected to have rain continuing through Saturday.. Here are a few images taken last year during this time in the middle of a storm / down pour.







Monday, February 14, 2011

Valentine Orca & Dolphin


It was a beautiful morning out in the channel... About 3/4 through our search for whales and or dolphins (southwest of Anacapa Island), we weren't sure if we were going to find anything, but then Jason spotted a tall, black dorsal fin out in the channel / ocean (further south)... It was an Orca. Zach and I jumped up, grabbed our cameras, and headed to the top deck. The Orca went down on a deep dive. We were getting worried that it was going to just disappear on us as Transients are known to do, but after about seven minutes, the Orca re-surfaced about a half-mile away towards Anacapa Island. We caught up to it. The large male Orca would surface a few times, then go down on a deeper dive for a couple of minutes. We stayed with it through a couple of breathing cycles, and left it heading southeast. He was the only Orca around. On our way in, a couple of miles from shore, we saw a small group of Pacific White Sided Dolphins feeding. They were closer in towards the mainland than we typically see them. What a great day!




Hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day!