Tuesday So today we take to the little launches that will take us to Catalina Island. The Sun is out and it is nice and warm. We are landed on the pier of Avalon and left to stroll round the little town at our leisure. There are some nice shops, but the best entertainment was the pelicans, the fish we could see going in and out of the kelp forests and the dolphins that were swimming in the stretch of water between the ship and the harbour. We did have a nice cup of tea/coffee and spent a few minutes watching the bluegrass Jam in Anthony’s Pizzeria. By lunchtime we had exhausted the tourist bits and returned to the ship for our buffet lunch, before finding a bluegrass jam, which was a bit slow.
Dinner however was excellent, poor Sally could only find Lobster Tail and Shrimp to eat on the menu, so she ordered two of them. I on the other hand could order the lobster and shrimp as well as a slice of Prime Rib, which complemented each other quite nicely.
Wednesday
Today we arrived in Mexico at a town called Ensenada. It is barely in Mexico and is not much of a town. Still we took the shuttle bus into the mains street and walked from there back to the boat. The overridding impression is that of dirt, poverty, poorly maintained roads, buildings and pavements. Almost everyone we saw wanted to sell us something or to beg for money. It was not a very pleasant experience and we were glad to be back on the ship for lunch. Now I am sure that this is not typical of Mexico, but it’s the only bit I have seen (apart for a view from El Paso last April), so that is my experience.
Thursday
A day at sea, when we would try and do some bluegrass jamming. The morning was a total write off as Jerry had tried to organise a slow jam, which just did not work for us. The afternoon was much better and we had a real swinging time on the Promenade Deck.
Friday
We were disembarked pretty early on Friday, but it was well organised and gave us plenty of time for a last breakfast on board. We returned to our rig in the Queen Mary Car park and set off for our next campground – Malibu Creek State Park. It was our intention to use this park as a base to visit Los Angeles, but when we got there it was such a pretty park with so much to do that we never did go back to see Los Angeles.
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