Catalina Island

SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
edited March 8, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
Took a quick trip to Catalina last Friday and Saturday for some high school baseball, Whitney Wildcats vs. Avalon Lancers. Weather was absolutely perfect and Catalina ... is Catalina.
(snaps taken with a GF1)

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Catalina Harbor

#2
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Pelican Bill

#3
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The ball park

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Avalon from the hotel

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Thanks,
Gary
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,955 moderator
    edited March 7, 2011
    #2 is wonderful. thumb.gif
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2011
    Great shots. I'm envious - sitting looking at 255cm of snow.
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,955 moderator
    edited March 7, 2011
    Snowgirl wrote: »
    Great shots. I'm envious - sitting looking at 255cm of snow.
    Whoa! Guess we know where you got your username. lol3.gif
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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2011
    Hi Gary....I am envious, I always wanted to go to Catalina...... Nice series....number 2 is really well donethumb.gif
  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2011
    Nice to see these. :D Image 2 is pretty sweet. thumb.gif
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    #2 is wonderful. thumb.gif

    Thanks Richard, I had a great model.

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    We were negotiating his fees and he didn't care much for the initial offer.

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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2011
    Snowgirl wrote: »
    Great shots. I'm envious - sitting looking at 255cm of snow.

    I love California (too many people, too expensive housing, too many earthquakes, too many wild fires notwithstanding) ... the weekend was totally and absolutely perfect. There is a theory had Europeans landed on the west coast that we'd never have heard of manifest destiny. The weather and Catalina were so perfect that there was not another place on earth I would rather have been.

    Gary

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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2011
    Richard wrote: »
    Whoa! Guess we know where you got your username. lol3.gif

    lol ... in California we keep our snow up in the mountains (where it belongs). From Catalina we could barely see the snow capped San Gabriel mountains on mainland. Interesting sight.

    G
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2011
    Azzaro wrote: »
    Hi Gary....I am envious, I always wanted to go to Catalina...... Nice series....number 2 is really well donethumb.gif

    Catalina is similar to Santa Monica ... about 60 years ago. Avalon is like a cruise ship ... you'll get away from everything, transported to a slow, relaxing pace, to a place that is a bit of a microcosm of mainland California, high cliffs, steep valleys, quiet coves ... dolphins escorted the ship into Catalina Harbor ... at night there are Flying Fish racing in the channel, bison, deer (a couple of Mule Deer watched an inning of baseball from the hillside), hiking and exploring sea caves via kayaks, a permanent pod of Blue Whales live west of the island ... the first underwater National Park butts up to Catalina Harbor. Best of all, it's only an hour from the mainland.

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    view to the south of the hotel

    Gary

    PS- I used to live only a few minutes from the harbor and the kids and I would, on a whim, take off and spend the day on Catalina.
    G
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  • SeefutlungSeefutlung Registered Users Posts: 2,781 Major grins
    edited March 7, 2011
    DaddyO wrote: »
    Nice to see these. :D Image 2 is pretty sweet. thumb.gif

    Thanks Michael

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  • TenThirteenTenThirteen Registered Users Posts: 488 Major grins
    edited March 8, 2011
    Wowow @ #2!!
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