This hour-long episode of California’s Gold starts with Huell having quite the adventure just getting to the island. But once he finally arrives, he finds that humans are greatly outnumbered by the sea birds and marine mammals like Elephant Seals, California Sea Lions, and Gray Whales. I admit to feeling just a bit sad that shore access to the islands […]
After last week’s post in which Huell paid a visit to San Nicolas Island, I thought I would go ahead and continue the theme of visiting the Channel Islands off the coast of Santa Barbara. This episode is all about San Miguel Island. Unlike San Nicolas, San Miguel is part of the National Park system, so it’s open to visitors. […]
This classic episode of California’s Gold starts off with the roar of speedboats taking part in the annual Catalina Ski Race. When the show initially aired, the race had been going on for more than 40 years — but the 2018 edition will be its 70th year! I was initially inspired to seek out this episode after learning for the […]
Alcatraz is probably one of the most famous (or infamous) of the world’s small islands; but it’s not the only island in San Francisco Bay. If I had to choose to see only one of these two, I would have had no problem at all choosing Alcatraz! But that was before watching this episode of California’s Gold and learning about the […]