Day 14 - Sunday, Sept 16 - San Luis Obispo to Long Beach and Catalina Island
Starting mileage: 4291 Starting time: 11:30 pm
Ending mileage: 4500 Ending time: 3:30 pm
Travel mileage: 209 Travel time: 4:00 hours
After breakfast, there was a strong smell of smoke and when I went outside, it was very smoky down the street and to the mountains to the east. Sitting outside, small particles of ash would come down. Apparently a small brush fire started this morning and it was put out within a few hours.
We went to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church with Eric and Kathy this morning and enjoyed the service. The sermon was very good relating to the 2nd lesson from James which was about how speech can be like fire - a small thing can spread and be very dangerous. It was significantly relating to the current political state of affairs.
While the "off-peak" time to get to the ferry launch is 3 hours, 15 minutes, when we left, Google Maps was predicting a little over 4 hours which left us with zero leeway to meet the ferry. Traffic was terrible but expected - we got to the ferry parking just at 3:30 and were able to get tickets for the 4:30 trip.
The ride over was uneventful and just over an hour. Avalon, the port city, is very touristy with lots of clothing and souvenir shops, restaurants, bars and hotels.
There are few cars here. Most of the transportation is by golf carts which act as taxis to carry people from the ship to the hotels. You can also rent them to drive around the island.
We are staying at the Aurora Hotel, a small hotel a bit further up the steep hill than we realized. We had a delicious seafood dinner sitting outside by the waterfront.
Catalina Island is famous for its scenery and wildlife which we plan to check out tomorrow.
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Ending mileage: 4500 Ending time: 3:30 pm
Travel mileage: 209 Travel time: 4:00 hours
After breakfast, there was a strong smell of smoke and when I went outside, it was very smoky down the street and to the mountains to the east. Sitting outside, small particles of ash would come down. Apparently a small brush fire started this morning and it was put out within a few hours.
We went to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church with Eric and Kathy this morning and enjoyed the service. The sermon was very good relating to the 2nd lesson from James which was about how speech can be like fire - a small thing can spread and be very dangerous. It was significantly relating to the current political state of affairs.
While the "off-peak" time to get to the ferry launch is 3 hours, 15 minutes, when we left, Google Maps was predicting a little over 4 hours which left us with zero leeway to meet the ferry. Traffic was terrible but expected - we got to the ferry parking just at 3:30 and were able to get tickets for the 4:30 trip.
The ride over was uneventful and just over an hour. Avalon, the port city, is very touristy with lots of clothing and souvenir shops, restaurants, bars and hotels.
There are few cars here. Most of the transportation is by golf carts which act as taxis to carry people from the ship to the hotels. You can also rent them to drive around the island.
We are staying at the Aurora Hotel, a small hotel a bit further up the steep hill than we realized. We had a delicious seafood dinner sitting outside by the waterfront.
Catalina Island is famous for its scenery and wildlife which we plan to check out tomorrow.
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| Day 14 map |
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| Catalina Island Ferry |
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