The trip began at the docks in Ventura at sunrise with all of our gear needed for the weekend because once we got to the island, there was no leaving. To up the difficulty level, there are also no stores on the island. Only accessible by boat, Channel Islands National Park consists of five islands just off the coast of California. An hour long boat trip led us to a winding staircase that seemed to come out of the water and up to the plateau of the island. Jet was a year and a half (still in diapers) so we carried a weekends worth of diapers, water, food, sleeping bags and tent. We carried Jet in an awesome Osprey backpack, complete with its own sunshade, and one hiking bag.