Saturday, May 14, 2011

Mother's Day Weekend- Catalina

Undersea Tour
Last weekend Miles, Forest, my mom & I traveled to Catalina for the weekend.

We rented a golf cart the first day and toured a little bit of the island.

Forest going down hills in the golf cart.
 
Catalina- Overlooking Avalon

The next day we took a semi-submersible boat to Lover's Cove to see fish.  There were thousands of fish for our viewing pleasure!

Opal Eyes

Observing a fish feeding.
 


Returning from Lover's Cove.

You never know when you'll need a good head lamp!



We ate ice cream in the harbor, the boys played in the ocean, and we ate at Antonio's Pizzeria.
Beach play with the famous Casino in the background.


Ice Cream in Avalon.


The first night we went to an arcade.  Serious skeet ball skills were earning me two prize tickets per game.  We were doomed to leave empty handed until Mr. Tickets (Forest) started playing.  On his first game he won 100 tickets.  Second game 100 tickets, an so on through the evening.  He was beaming all night talking about his ticket "skills".  All through dinner he raved about his victories.  He couldn't contain himself...

Smug with victory at Armstrong's Fish Market!

Miles, on the other hand, could...


An annoyed bystander!
Needless to say, we came home with plenty of arcade crap, I mean prizes.

Tickets, tickets, tickets.

The boat rides from Dana Point to Avalon and back contained some of the highlights of our trip.  On the way to Catalina we were flanked by what seemed to be a hundred dolphins escorting us out to sea.  Leaving Catalina we experienced one of the best sunsets I've ever seen.

Leaving Catalina

Miles on deck, just after sunset.

Sunset - leaving Catalina.


What a wonderful trip!!  We can't wait to go back someday.

To all the mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day!

Goodbye Catalina!


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