A few days in Avalon
I spent much of last week on vacation on
Catalina,
in Avalon.
We stayed at the
Inn on Mt Ada
(formerly Wrigley's mansion),
above Avalon. It was a wonderful respite from the nonstop
startup pace I've been sustaining for the past couple of years.
We drove down south Monday after work, and stayed in
a doubletree hotel in Carson. Most notable thing was that
they had a poster of Winslow Homer's "Breezin' Up", which is
a painting my Mom has a copy of on her wall. I may well not
have noticed that except that I had snagged a .jpg of that
painting, and included in a set of slides I made for her a
couple of weeks ago, which I'll try to put up somewhere near
here some day soon.
Tuesday AM was hectic getting to the boat (freeways
stopped up, and the Catalina Landing exit was closed),
but the ride over was the smoothest I've ever experienced.
We slept most of Tuesday, took the bus tour up to the
airport on Wednesday, and the Casino tour on Thursday.
The tour guides will tell you that Avalon is a city
of contradictions --
Beach Bison; flying fish; swimming birds; a casino
with no gambling; a mausoleum where no body was
kept; a bird park with no birds;
a city with a 3rd street, but no 1st, 2nd,
or 4th (and 3rd Street is actually the second street
from the beach); etc.
The Inn loans you the use of a golf
cart for the duration of your stay. I drove it
around much of town. Other folks in town have
some pretty amusingly customized carts.
Fun trip.
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