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HW Pickup Junior High School

Day 4

Our morning adventure took us on a hike up an arroyo (dry riverbed).

Group picture in front of a Cardon cactus.

Flowering Prickly Pear cactus.

Victoria finds the shed skin of a snake or lizard.

The riverbed was a slow uphill.

A Black-tailed Brush lizard prepares to attack one of the kids.
It's an ugly scene to watch. That's why we take out in insurance.

Obviously, I'm kidding!!!!

A Cardon cactus has fallen and
presents a great opportunity to get a closer look.

Stasia and some of the kids wait
for the rest of the group to catch up.

A Zebra Tailed lizard looks on.

The girls wait for the last of the group to
catch up. The natural explorers were always
lagging behind as there is so much to discover.

An afternoon swim to cool off.

It was great to just hang and play.

The evening was spent sorting gifts.

The group brought a lot of gifts with them.

Check out the Baja Gifts Program page
of this journal to see where the gifts ended up.

We started our morning at 7:30a.m in Stasia’s Bay. After a fabulous breakfast we headed out for Skink Trail. This trail was full of adventure. Along the way we encountered many sorts of creatures. We saw lizards of much variation of size, color and type. The Zebra Tailed Lizard was very photogenic, it put up with us amazingly. Who would of guessed that there is so many different types of cactuses on such a small island. We saw; Teddy Bear Cholla Cactus, Cardon Cactus, Prickly Pear Cactus, Old Man Cactus and Strawberry Pincushion Cactus. Each cacti was unique in it’s own way. It’s incredible how these plants manage to survive in an environment that’s so hot.

We departed from Stasia’s Bay at 2:30 p.m. We traveled 15km that day. When we arrived at Isla San Francisco at 5:00 p.m. Once we arrived at our final destination we cooled down by jumping off the back of the boat. Some went ashore to poke around while others relaxed on the boat. Since we all seemed so tired the rest of the night was dedicated to sorting gifts, chilling and sleeping.
The End.

By...Vikki and Lane

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