10-08-2011, Saturday in Avalon

Yep… another day in Paradise! We talked to the Harbor Patrol first thing, and let them know we are going to stay through the weekend. He took our money and reminded us that since we have paid for four nights now, that we could stay for free for three more days (Mon, Tues & Wed). We thought about this for about a minute :--) Had to call my Mom & Dad to see if they would be willing to come visit us here in Avalon instead of going to Newport Beach. They are very excited to do this and will be coming out on Monday to visit here in Avalon. Yay!

Jackofaaaaah got the internet antenna working this morning!! Yaaay! Hence I have spent the better portion of the last two hours uploading pictures and updating the blog. Will be fixing lunch shortly…. Mmmm left over shrimp benedict.

Since it is Saturday, there was a lot of action in the harbor: Paddle boarders, parasailers, peddle boaters, kayakers and other interesting things.

Now we are just trying to figure out what we will do today…. More running around town. We may go up this road to a look-out spot so we can take a beautiful picture of our boat in the harbor from above. We may go see Spyro Gyra at the jazz festival…

No Spyro Gyra, but we did go up the road and stairs to the Bell Tower. What a fabulous view!! Got some great pics of the harbor and Journey in it. Had some chips & salsa with a cold one at a restaurant at the bottom once we came back down. Took a long walk through the neighborhood behind the town center, looked around the shops for a spoon for our collection and scoped out a place for dinner tomorrow night. We haven’t made up our minds yet. So, we will have to look some more tomorrow.

The colors in the harbor were beautiful in the dusk hour as we took the dinghy home. A 100+ foot schooner had anchored out by us. It is the “Californian”. Got a couple nice pics of her.