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Aboard the Catalina Express as it heads for Avalon Bay at Catalina Island, on October 4, 2013. Avalon Bay as seen from a nearby hillside, on October 4, 2013. Avalon Casino as seen from the Descanso Beach Club, on October 4, 2013. Posing in front of the Catalina Express at Dana Point in Orange County, California...before the boat's departure for Catalina Island on October 4, 2013.

The Catalina Express is docked at Dana Point in Orange County, California...before the boat's departure for Catalina Island on October 4, 2013. Sailing away from Dana Point in Orange County, California, as I head for Catalina Island on October 4, 2013. From the bow of the Catalina Express, Catalina Island beckons on the horizon...on October 4, 2013. The Avalon Casino and an ocean liner beckon on the horizon as the Catalina Express gets closer to Catalina Island, on October 4, 2013.

The Catalina Express after I undocked from the boat at Avalon Bay, on October 4, 2013. Posing with Avalon Casino in the background, on October 4, 2013. These hillside homes overlook Avalon Bay at Catalina Island, on October 4, 2013. I've never been to Europe, but I assume this is how it feels like to be in a town overlooking the Mediterranean?

Scores of yachts and fishing boats fill Avalon Bay at Catalina Island, on October 4, 2013. Another snapshot of yachts and fishing boats that fill Avalon Bay at Catalina Island, on October 4, 2013. The Avalon Casino near Avalon Bay at Catalina Island...on October 4, 2013. The Avalon Casino near Avalon Bay at Catalina Island...on October 4, 2013.

The Avalon Casino near Avalon Bay at Catalina Island...on October 4, 2013. Posing for a photo in front of Avalon Casino at Catalina Island, on October 4, 2013. I've never been to Southeast Asia either (overlooking the Philippines), but I assume this is how it feels like to be in a village overlooking the South China Sea or something... I've never been to Southeast Asia either (overlooking the Philippines), but I assume this is how it feels like to be in a village overlooking the South China Sea or something...

I've never been to Southeast Asia either (overlooking the Philippines), but I assume this is how it feels like to be in a village overlooking the South China Sea or something... I took a similar photo when I went to Fort Lauderdale in Florida five years ago. This reminds me of a beach resort in Maui...which I traveled to in 2000. This ocean liner is ready to depart from Catalina Island (for Mexico?)...

A Catalina Express sails past the ocean liner...and is headed back to the California mainland on October 4, 2013. More than twenty miles across this sea is Los Angeles. Avalon Bay as seen from a tall hillside, on October 4, 2013. Avalon Bay as seen from a tall hillside, on October 4, 2013.

I took a similar pic back in The Bahamas five years ago...during the same trip to Fort Lauderdale. Sunset falls upon Avalon Bay at Catalina Island, on October 4, 2013. If only this pelican knew how many people sneaked up to it to pose for a photo...haha. Feeling proud that I wasn't the one who caused this fella to fly away...

This pelican is unaware of the giant vessel in the background. This pelican is also unaware of Avalon Casino in the background. This Catalina Express hydrofoil is ready to transport folks back to San Pedro or Long Beach more than twenty miles away...on October 4, 2013. The Catalina Express hydrofoil heads back to the California mainland, on October 4, 2013.

My ride back to Dana Point in Orange County arrives at Avalon Bay, on October 4, 2013. From aboard the boat, dusk continues to fall upon Avalon Bay at Catalina Island...on October 4, 2013. So long, Catalina! 75 minutes later, I'm back at Dana Point in the OC...on October 4, 2013.


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