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Catalina

by Bob Fairbanks   

Ecstasy

Ecstasy
Our ship for four days in January 2004. First stop was Catalina, only...

First view

First view
Our first look at Catalina, from our cabin window. That's the...

Here they come

Here they come
Here come the first launches to take us to the island.

Tender

Tender
There's no dock for a ship this big, so we all tendered ashore in little...

Off we go

Off we go

Catalina

Catalina
You can see just about the entire town from here.

Our ship

Our ship
A nice view of the Ecstasy that will stay here until tonight.

The Casino

The Casino
Coming into the port we get a better look at the world-famous Casino where so...

Hillside homes

Hillside homes

Pier

Pier
You can see our ship from the Catalina pier.

Submarine

Submarine
Down in a semi-submersible to see the Catalina Bay kelp beds and the fish who...

Port hole

Port hole
Each of us had a our own port hole to see the underwater life.

Opal eyes

Opal eyes
That's the name of most of the fish we saw. The eyes have an iradescence...

Feeding

Feeding
The fish know that each 'submarine' brings food that is shot...

A close look

A close look

More opal eyes

More opal eyes

And some more

And some more

Seagull

Seagull
Back on board, we found some visitors. The seagulll seems to be a...

Not so polite

Not so polite
Well, they're not very polite when there's food to be had....

Fliers

Fliers
Pat had some bread and it didn't take long for the sea gulls to...

Fly by

Fly by
Some would swoop down and catch the bread as she tossed it overboard.

Hungry gull

Hungry gull

Reward

Reward
Come close enough and Pat will give you a treat. And that was our...
article published 7/1/2004

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