Jim Gibson
Member
A big thanks to all who came this year to the 15th Annual Catalina Offshore Adventure. This included John & Robbin, Steve & Carmen et. al., Floyd & Eiko, Tony & Diane, Heinz & Diane, David & Zack, et. al.
Wow did the week go fast. I was just starting to relax by Friday and then we had to go home. Fishing was marginal this year with no fish fry, but I did enjoy swimming around the string line area in the 75 degree clear waters and having my annual buffalo milk at the Galley.
For the 15 years I have been going, very little has changed at Isthmus Cove. For the days and time of the year that we go, there seems to be no more people now than there was more than a decade ago. The weather this year was very nice and a cool change from the Valley heat.
The only difference that I can detect is that prices have gone up some at the West End Galley, Harbor Reef Restaurant, and General Store; but for me it is still a bargain to be in Paradise just 30 miles from Los Angeles. That San Pedro Channel really keeps the crowds away from the West End of Catalina Island.
As Heinz said, it is not the destination but the people that make this venue so great. We were lucky to make it back over the Grapevine and safely home to Sacramento with no problems. The pot holes on Interstate 5 are now absolutely terrible and they are very hard on our trailer equipment.
It is a lot of work for us old timers in Northern California to pull off the Two Harbors trip, but God willing, we hope to be back next year, same time and place.
Jim & Kath
Wow did the week go fast. I was just starting to relax by Friday and then we had to go home. Fishing was marginal this year with no fish fry, but I did enjoy swimming around the string line area in the 75 degree clear waters and having my annual buffalo milk at the Galley.
For the 15 years I have been going, very little has changed at Isthmus Cove. For the days and time of the year that we go, there seems to be no more people now than there was more than a decade ago. The weather this year was very nice and a cool change from the Valley heat.
The only difference that I can detect is that prices have gone up some at the West End Galley, Harbor Reef Restaurant, and General Store; but for me it is still a bargain to be in Paradise just 30 miles from Los Angeles. That San Pedro Channel really keeps the crowds away from the West End of Catalina Island.
As Heinz said, it is not the destination but the people that make this venue so great. We were lucky to make it back over the Grapevine and safely home to Sacramento with no problems. The pot holes on Interstate 5 are now absolutely terrible and they are very hard on our trailer equipment.
It is a lot of work for us old timers in Northern California to pull off the Two Harbors trip, but God willing, we hope to be back next year, same time and place.
Jim & Kath