Ahoy, Riley Strother here. I have returned for another stint as eco-guardian here at Race Rocks!

Weather

• Visibility: 15+ miles
• Wind: up to 35 knots NW in the evening.
• Sky: mostly clear
• Water: small waves

Ecological

• The sea lions continue to roam about the island like a herd of cats.
• Sea lion moulting time is a new experience for me.
• I observed at least 4 elephant seals.

Maintenance

• When I arrived Anne was running the desalinator. I shut it off later.
• I was given a tour of the various changes to certain systems by Anne/Kyle.
• Spent a few hours unpacking and settling back into the house.

Boats

• At least 20 ecotours came by today. None of them seemed to cause any problems, though some were perhaps too close?
• I overheard what sounded like a rather heated exchange on the radio, but the boats in question were outside the reserve.
• Kyle came out in Second Nature to drop me off, pick up Anne and Alex, and to transport the chimney sweep fellows.

Visitors

• Kyle.
• Two chimney sweepers came to sweep the chimneys in each house, as well as inspect and change the filters in the furnaces.