Cruise Pictures

As promised, here are pictures of our awesome cruise to Catalina and Ensenada. We have a ton of pictures, so here are the first two days.

Day 1:


Our first of MANY meals


Our room with a view of the port in Long Beach


Our room


Leaving Long Beach


Every night while we were at dinner, the housekeeping staff would come in and clean the room and leave us a towel animal. This was the first night and we're 99% sure it's a walrus. The rest of them are not as easy to figure out.

Day 2:


On our way to Catalina. The cruise ship isn't able to dock at Catalina, so they drop the anchor a little ways out and tender boats pull up to the cruise ship to take people to and from Catalina.




My restaurant :)

We took a bus tour of Avalon while we were at Catalina. It was a lot of fun and we were able to see and learn way more than we could have on our own. We also got to go to the museum on Avalon. Here are some pictures from our tour and the museum:




Fire Station


Golf course. You can't see it, but the first hole is on a hill on the other side of the street, so you tee off and hope your ball makes it to the other side.


The lone grocery store in Avalon


At one point this was a bird aviary, but was later turned into a daycare center (for children, not birds).


Just for Lauren :)


For Karen. Apparently the Chicago Cubs used to have their spring training at Avalon when Wrigley owned Catalina.




For Dad B. and Papa


The wait staff was very entertaining at dinner. This time they were serenading everyone with "That's Amore".


Night 2 towel animal. Any guesses? I think it's a dog, but Dad W. said moose and I can kind of see that, too. Carter said bunny.

Stay tuned for pictures of the rest of the trip!