08/19 - 08/25 - Adventure in Paradise - Catalina Island 2007

Dora~Jean":1qp5crcw said:
Brent and Dixie (especially Dixie) take the honours for THE EVENT of this get-together. ...

The 4 rafts with 2-4 persons each on board then 'escorted' Discovery out past the zone, 1 1/2 miles. We had killed our engines and proceeded to clean fish as we watched them CLOSELY escorting Discovery. We were so mesmerized with the whole thing all of us forgot to snap a picture ... darn.

When we asked Dixie what happened, she said "She's be kicked out of many areas in her life, but never 'escorted' out, and...by the United States Navy!". It was a sight to behold, they (the Navy) had no idea who they were messing with!!! Jim (Wild Blue), we so wished you were around for this... :wink:
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We would have loved to have been a part of this, Steve - we'll look forward to a Catalina adventure in the future. We'll see Brent and Dixie in a couple weeks and will get her perspective on this. We heard about it on the phone, but seeing the twinkle in Dixie's eyes and Brent shaking his head will add to the story. :lol: Let this situation show that we are not a bad influence on those two... they can get in plenty of hot water all on their own. 8)

No one went away in irons. :thup Sounds like you folks had a great time!

Best wishes,
Jim
 
Just spent the better part of an hour trying to upload pictures 5 at a time, then 3 at a time, and lastly 1 at a time. No luck, no pictures made it. I'm using the same camera and medium resolution (~300kB) that I've used for 3 yrs. I noticed same problem a few months ago trying to upload pics of the Delta trip. I'll try again this evening, oh well...
 
I want to thank Tim of Catalina Yacht Anchorage for the dinner Friday night. Tim, it was nice to meet you and your friends.

Fueled the boat today- 115 nm, 8.2 hours, average 13.5 knots and used 38 gals gas. Towed the dink both ways.

Talked with Mike (Sealife), he saw us passing Hueneme Port as we returned to Channel Islands Harbor. Should have been there Mike, no one was there to organize the ginghy race like you. Looks like your back was fine after all, eh. :wink:

Want to thank Mike (Sealife) for the tri tip at Tuesday nights beach bbq
 
I totally agree.... CYA really outdid themselves with that dinner... I would sure hate to see that bill on my mastercard... yipes... but it gave me incentive to send them any prospective buyers....I am impressed by a dealership that takes such good care of their owners group... They did a First Class Job... Thanks CYA

Got home with Fishtales Sat afternoon.... washed and cleaned the boat... put everything away.... Now I am packing for my new adventure !!!
In the morning I am flying to Cheyenne to pick up another BMW motorcycle...a 1976 R90/6 and going camping... should be gone three or four weeks....ending up in Northern California... staying there until the Santa Barbara Cruise and riding home for that....sure wouldn't want to miss that good feast..

Joel
SEA3PO
 
Discovery made her way back to Utah with no mishaps after another wonderful C-Brat adventure. There couldn't be a nicer group of people to spend a week in Catalina--or anywhere else--with. We appreciated the kindness you all showed our grandson Cody. For a 15 year old boy from Wayne County, this was quite a trip. It was good for him to see that internet friends are not always weird, and that his Granny probably is as crazy as Jim (Wild Blue) makes me out to be. But along those lines I do need to say that it was not my fault that we got escorted away from that island by the Navy--even though I was driving. John (Dinner Belle II) said that the cable we hooked on to was probably hooked to Jimmy Hoffa and that's why they wanted us out of there. Sounds logical to me. Also, it was not my fault that we got kick out of the underwater preserve by the USC guy while we were snorkeling. It must have been Roger's fault.

We wanted to give a special thanks to Tim Braun from Catalina Yacht A----. I can't remember the last word but I do know what CYA means. He really put forth the effort to make the trip great for us and we appreciate his and the Factory's support. We will do our best to be good salesman for them. We love our boat!!! We may not be the yachty type but we are really fun people. We enjoyed meeting the other Tim and Bill too. Great guys.

We posted some pix. Hope you all can tell what a good time we had. More C-Brats should do this trip next year.

Thanks again everyone, and can't wait to see you all again soon.
 
Aw, Jim (Wild Blue) - I now know some of what you would not write about concerning Dixie. Twice on this trip, with Dixie in company, we got kicked out, ran off, 86d or what have you. You wouldn't think that some one so small could cause so much trouble.
We took the dinks and went snorkeling at Fisherman Cove near the USC/Wrigley Center, I anchored and they tied to a bouy. After awhile someone motored over to us and told us not to tie to the large bouys. There are small ones for the public to use. Then he saw that I was had dropped anchor- "Oh no, do not anchor in here. We have equipment on the bottom. Please pull the anchor up" So we untied and pulled anchor and left. Great snorkeling though.
 
Dear All:

Well Kath and I finally made it safely back home from our Sixth (6 th) Catalina Offshore Adventure. We had a trailer tire blow out on the Grape Vine. Two hours later we were back on the road. Next year we will have 5 new trailer tires!

Thanks to everyone for such a great week at the Cove. Special thanks to the following:

Steve Dora Jean for the 80 NM trip to San Clemente and back. Excellent trip!

Miles Dora Jean for listening to our BS advise.

Roger Fishtales for the fishing tips and help at San Clemente, and for cooking the fish afterwords.

Mike Sealife for the wonderful tri-tips.

Dixie and Brent Discovery for the great ambrosia salad.

Code Discovery for snorkeling with me.

Sam and Kerry Salty -Cs for the wonderful Island welcome and slip assignments.

Tim of CYA for the great Beef Wellington dinner and cool C-Dory vests.

Joel SEA3PO for helping me with my dingy when snorkeling.

Scott Little Rascal for the stock quotes.

PJ Fishtales for helping Kath with the dingy.

Susan SEA3PO for helping Kath with the dingy.

Ron Islander for helping Kath with the dingy.

Robin Dinner Belle II for helping Kath with the dingy.

John Dinner Belle II for getting me those stainless steel screws for my trailer.

This is the first time in ages that there were no pets or dogs along.

See you all next year, same time, same place. There is no place on earth I would rather be this particular week of the year than to be with this great bunch of folks on the West End of the Island!

Jim and Kath
 
Ditto Jim, well said. And thank YOU for the leisurely tow around the bay in my kayak while reclined with my feet up! (Lots of looks and comments....!)
 
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