Catalina Island is about 20 miles off the shore of California. The boat takes about an hour to get there. At those speeds on the open waters you can just imagine how windy it got. If not, refer to my Don King hair in picture below:
There were many beautiful sights on the way out to the island, the Queen Mary being one of the first:
We stayed in a Bed a Breakfast just a stone's throw away from the shore. It was called the Snug Harbor Inn. Here are a few photos of the exterior and interior of our room:
The Art Deco building behind Erika is a called the Casino. (The Casino's name derives from a more traditional Italian definition of casino, meaning social gathering place; the building has never served as a gambling establishment.)
Golf carts are the main form of transportion on the island, but a few of the more affluent had more capacious vehicles, such as this stylin' minivan:
This must be the island where Willy Wonka found the Umpa-LumpasWe enjoyed an assortment of activities, but were too chicken to go diving, although we heard this is a destination for divers from all over the world. We'll have to return in the summer when the water isn't so c-c-c-cold.
It was just great to get away from everything for a few days and come back refreshed. While we were away the boys had fun getting to know their grandparents. Erika's mom, Ruth, told the boys about her former job at Lexis Nexis (a legal publishing company). Matthew told her he knew all about Lexis Nexis. "It's a paper company," he proudly proclaimed, showing his Grandma our Lexis Nexis post-it notes to prove it. Grandma explained that they published books. Later Erika overheard Matthew boasting to Thomas that Grandma used to work at a paper company making books.
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