I took a day-trip to Catalina Island with my friends Bill & Kristie Koures about a month before leaving Los Angeles for the Bay Area.  It is really a beautiful place and it is hard to believe that you are only 20 miles from LA.  It really feels like a whole different world there.

For more info, check out the Internet Guide to Catalina Island.

On the hill looking down at Avalon and the harbor.  Avalon is the largest of the two towns on Catalina Island. It's me!  The building in the background is the old Casino at Avalon.  Now it is a museum and theater. Here's a clearer picture of the Casino. An old PBY Catalina flying boat.  The plane has been fitted at as a fire fighting water-dropper, but provides rides for tourists at Avalon Harbor when not fighting flames in Southern California.  Bill and me at the Wrigley Memorial Botanical Gardens. Bill Koures--expert stone skipper.  Kristie Koures--an apprentice stone skipper who shows promise!  ;-)  Bill and Kristie's stone skipping target out in the water.  Ouch!  ;-)  Cat Lovers.  Enjoying some ice cream. Yum! Yum!  Gosh, aren't they a cute couple?

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