California – Catalina

We finally got to go to Catalina on Galatea with my Aunt and Uncles! We spent a long weekend there and had an incredible time! The first day we went to Avalon, where we got ice cream, shopped, and toured the area on a golf cart. I’ve heard many stories about my Dad and his family sailing there over the years and it was so neat to see it in person. After that we were bound for Moonstone Cove, where the Newport Harbor Yacht Club Outstation is. We BBQ’d there, enjoyed a delicious waffle breakfast, and did some sailing, paddle boarding, swimming & hiking. Eventually it was time to head home. A friendly (and large) pod of dolphins swam along with us on the way. Overall, an unforgettable cruise and a great weekend with family!

We’ve arrived!

Relaxing with Uncle Brian

We rented a golf cart so we could tour around Avalon. We saw the Wrigley house and other sites.

The view from up high

Back at the boat

“Cheers to being together!”

Silas, showing Uncle Brian the Nintendo Switch

Back in Avalon for some shopping and ice cream

Happy campers! Avery & Kieron got the flybridge.

The next morning

Headed to Moonstone Cove

Avery did some sailing there

Silas did some more jumping

The water was so clear!

Headed to the outstation to BBQ!

Playing ring toss

Grilling (I wish I’d gotten a picture of the cute little fox that was interested in what we were having!

Layla was obsessed with catching frogs and tadpoles

Beautiful sunset

Yummy waffle breakfast!

Tadpoles!

Hiking Mount Whitney – it ended up being a dramatic hike! Since it was early in the season, the trail was not well worn, nor was it well marked, and we got off course several times. It ended up turning into a long, hot, marriage-testing hike, but we eventually made it back down safely!