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26 miles across the sea,
Santa Catalina is the island that awaits vacationers ready for a diversion
like no other. Shown in the artistic images above, we've taken many Avalon
vacations on Catalina Island. Some are just day trips (most are, in fact)
and some can be overnighters but whatever your pleasure, this island of
romance swells from its few thousand populations to triple that as visitors
arrive mostly by boat or cruise ship to enjoy the pleasures of the Southern
California seacoast.
The friends we have on
the island are good-natured, grounded folks. They own regular passes to get
them to the mainland often, and they seem to wear a smile the most. Life on the
island certainly has its charms. Some say there's such a thing as island
fever (meaning you go stir-crazy after a while), but on most visits to
Catalina's Avalon for vacation trips, you'll only feel joy and a longing to
linger just a while longer.
That's the perfect place!
The one that makes you wish for more. To get to Catalina requires a
boat trip which takes about one hour from Southern California's port cities
or harbors: Newport Beach, Dana Point and Long Beach. Two ship
operators offer daily service round trip to the island, though the one out
of Newport Beach only goes once per day as does the other operator's boat
out of Dana Point. But from Long Beach, you can choose between many trips
during the day, so you are not forced to make the 9 to 5 trip offered out of
Newport Beach (near Balboa Pavilion).
We'll tell you more about
these photographs turned graphics as you view them. This special gallery
features vacation photos that we applied filtration to and turned into
artistic designs that are more abstract. Enjoy!
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