Point Conception and more fog, of course!

Fog, fog, fog, and more fog. I'm done with the fog! Except I'm not. Today looks like another day of fog. This totally stinks, as now I'm in a populated area with more folks on the water. Yesterday a crab boat came barrel-assing through the fog out of a harbor that didn't even seem to be a real harbor. Now I'm thankful for the kelp. If I stay close to the outside of it I know I'll be safe-no one wants to get a motor full of kelp, so the boaters generally stay away from it.It was extremely flat around Point Conception but the currents were pretty wicked. I was locked in against a current for at least half of what was supposed to be a 50 mile paddle which put me so behind time and with danger of paddling in after dark that I came in at a point by UC Santa Barbara - in Goleta - where the boat is now being stored. So I'll head out today in certain fog to Ventura.I cannot say enough how done with the fog I am. I feel like I've missed more than half the Pacific Coast because of the fog. Visibility is such a wonderful thing I will not ever take for granted again! Well, I'll definitely be hugging the coast today.Yesterday I filmed an incredible oil spill. Tar balls were everywhere and stuck to my ama and the side of the boat. The smell of oil made me gag. After I called June to have her call the Coast Guard I found out from Dr. Andrea Neal that that is the largest natural seep in our country! There's even a "bubbleoligist" who studies the bubbles, who I actually did see! Not surprisingly, that area is called "Oil Point."Yuck! Well, I guess we can't blame the oil companies for this one...but still, why risk more and bigger spills (like, uh, the recent spill in the Gulf) when alternative sources of energy exist?Okay, time to get up and ready to paddle in the fog. Oh joy!