Chris and I got away to Santa Catalina Island for the weekend. Got a great hotel package that included the round trip boat ride and unlimited free tours. We took an inland tour, a semi-submersible sub tour, glass bottom boat tour, plus rented a small boat to check things out on our own. Of course, Chris was trying to hit the wakes and throw me overboard, but his plan failed. I will post a slide show at the bottom of the blog if you want to check it out in more detail. The ocean was a smooth as glass when we were out on it. Okay, well almost. Right before we left the van died, and we were taking the Civic. Amy borrowed a car from a friend and it worked out okay, a defective battery was replaced when we returned. Not something you want to hear right when you get up at 5 a.m. to pack and leave!
The Island life is definitely laid back -- the tourist season is over for the most part and it was quiet. We spent a lot of time hanging out on the piers. It did get busy for about eight hours when a Carnival cruise ship anchored on Saturday, but the tourists all left by about 4 p.m. that day. The line to get back to cruise ship was never ending... we couldn't even see the end of it... we were glad we weren't on the ship. The only thing I really missed (except the kids) was Starbucks... nary a one to be found. I found one on the way home though! We were both ready for a mini-vacation -- we both fell asleep on the boat ride over! It's about a 75 minute cruise from Dana Point.
Here's a couple more ghoulie pics...
Of course, we missed Ally's cross country meet on Saturday, and of course she got her first medal of the season...
We visited the pumpkin patch and got our pumpkins, honey, walnut maple syrup, some strawberries, and some gross icky pickled garlic... Chris doesn't believe me that I can still smell it on his breath two days later... grrrrrrrrr.
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