Sailing to Catalina

We got back from Yosemite, rested a few days, celebrated the fourth of July, and shipped off Monday with Mark and Kim for Catalina for a couple of days. Mark and Kim were sailing there for a week on one of his sailing clubs really nice 42' motor sail. We sailed out with them and came back on the Catalina Flyer. We had a really good time. Meghan had never slept on a boat before and was really stoked. We sailed into Two Harbors after 9 hours of sailing. The Flyer made it across in 1 hour. Let's just say, I am a big fan of combustion engines for 26 mile jaunts West. Sailing is really fun, if I don't have to be anywhere anytime soon, or I was cruising long distances, we just didn't have enough time to devote to the trip.

Good Times were shared by Great Friends, and we really appreciated the invite. It was yet another experience afforded to us by good friends, that we would never get the opportunity to do ourselves. Da girls on the voyage
Captain and his First Mate

Lazy Sea lions

Two Harbors Pier

Our boat is the third in

We even accidentally caught a fish, and took turns realing the huge boy in, for neither one of us stood a chance alone.

See? Giant! We let him go, so that we could catch him again when he could actually feed at least one of us.

Mark dropped us at Avalon to catch our Flyer
The sun decided to come out as we left for home.

But not before partaking in some libations in Avalon. Margarita or Buffalo Milk? Decisions, decisions.