Day 536 Photos of Catalina Island

Here are some pictures of Isthmus Cove on the north side of side of Catalina Island.  We'll be staying here for one last day and taking off for Los Angeles tomorrow to get the transmission inspected and worked on.  I've gone through two quarts of fluid in the last month.  Adding it to the reservoir and having it leak out onto the pads under it.  Not a good thing.

The shoreline as we approached Marina del Rey.  Apartments as far as the eye can see.
Blue in her normal position.  Sitting on her throne with her leg out to stabilize herself as we roll from side to side as we motored to Catalina Island.
Isthmus Cove on the North side of Catalina Island.  This is the West side of the wharf where they moor the larger boats.  The smaller ones go on the East side of the wharf.
The west beach in the cove.  Lots of kayak's coming and going all through the day.  When the tide comes in, it advances all the way to the rock wall on the left side of the picture.
The east side of the wharf at Isthmus Cove.  The smaller boats end up here so they can squeeze in more boats.
The beach on the east side of the wharf.  Sand and rocks and darn few people this late in the season.  There were lots of Boy Scouts camped on the hillsides inland.  They take the ferry back and forth regularly.
The dock and wharf in the cove.  There is a crane to get the heavy equipment they bring in off the ships that bring in supplies for the towns people.
The dingy dock.  There can be hundreds of dingys tied up here during the Summer.  You leave out a long length of line off the bow and the boats just keep tying up any where they can.  During the Summer season, they run a "taxi" service out to the boats(not free) to make it easier getting ashore.
When we went ashore, it was like going back to our time in the British Virgin Islands or Guadeloupe Island in the French West Indies.  The only difference was we saw lots of soldiers with AK 47's over their shoulders on Guadeloupe Island on the island.  They had just had a revolution the week before we got there.  Who should pull up just out side the cove-- a ship from the US Navy.  He pulled in Sunday morning and left late in the afternoon.  Not a clue what they were doing out there but no one came ashore. 

It's cloudy right now but the Sun should be out by lunch time.