We went to Catalina island and spent our
whole trip there. Here is a picture of the ferry.
(I had never been on a motorized boat and it was
on my unofficial list of things to do).
First view of the island from the ferry.
Seriously, this was the first thing I did.
Look at that green grass. We haven't even
seen grass since Christmas. Oh I can't wait
for spring in Wisconsin.
Riding tandem bikes. Also on my unofficial
list of things to do. I asked the guy who was
renting them if there were any tricks to riding
a tandem bike and he said that after the bike
ride they offered couple counseling. They
totally need to. Sitting in the back you don't
have any steering abilities. I like to steer. And
you also have no braking abilities. I like to brake
going down hills. Jeff doesn't. I found this out the
scary way.
Our hotel room. Right across the street from the bay.
Jeff wanted to go para-sailing. So here we are
on the boat waiting our turn. The guys that ran the boat
were totally crazy. Seriously Bro. They were the
stereotypical California beach bums. Oh and one more
note. Shoes should not be optional on a boat. One
of the guys who was going para-sailing took his off
and it smelled so bad. I thought I was going to throw-up.
Going up.
600 feet above the water. It was actually
really peaceful up there.
It was really nice to get away for awhile, I hoped that it would be a little warmer than it was, I walked around feeling cold the whole time. 60 sounds warm, but it wasn't.
My favorite parts of our trip:
1. Waking up early and walking to a non-touristy spot to watch the sunrise. While we were watching, a group of dolphins swam in front of us.
2. Climbing on the rocks looking for tide pools and shells.
3. Seeing the pelicans dive into the water and grab fish. Totally cool.
4. Playing arcade games and eating a really great pizza.
5. The people we sat next to on the ferry. I love talking to different people.
My Least favorite parts of our trip:
1. Paying for the taxi ride from our hotel to the ferry, and then the ferry to the airport. 60 dollars each time. Ridiculous.
2. Paying for parking at the airport. 19 dollars a day. Also ridiculous.
3. Paying the tolls on the drive to the Chicago airport. There were four of them.
4. The stinky feet guy.
5. The two people behind us on the plane who talked the entire flight. Which left at midnight California time and got to Chicago at 5:50 central time. This was the only sleep we were going to get and we wanted to sleep.
