Pocket Carry Journal

I just couldn’t keep it at two journals for the Galapagos. (What if I fill up all the pages?!)

While at the art store I picked up a Stillman & Birn Softcover Beta journal. Because of its small size (3.3” X 5.5”) it is an ideal size to always keep in your pocket so you can sketch wherever you are. An Every Day Carry (EDC) journal.

I am a one bag, one backpack traveler. No checked bags for me! I try not to bring many guide books or field guides to lighten the load. There are certainly many guides relating to the Galapagos. They would stay at home but some of the information would be traveling with me through my sketches.

This is a cross section of Santa Cruz Island showing its Vegetation Zones.

What I did was use the first few pages in my small Beta journal to copy important information that I might want to reference on my trip.

You would think being on the Equator that the Galapagos would be hot but the cold Humboldt Current cools things off.
I wrote some of my favorite Darwin quotes from the Voyage of the Beagle and portrayed Darwin as a Galapagos giant tortoise.

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