Catalina

We left late, but still made it to the boat in plenty of time.  We were in the commadore lounge, so we got nicer seats, above a level from regular seating, and a free drink. MMMmmmMMM.  We "landed" gathered our gear and began the trek to finding our hotel. Settled our gear there and headed out for a drink. we went to Katherine's first, it was ok, but we were old compared to the rest of the gang, so we left there.. walked by the karaoke bar, and into  Luau Larry's... think Jimmy Buffet West coast style. Perfection. We hung out for 3 drinks, and as neither Tim nor I drink fast, we stayed a while. Walked "home" and slept.  Up fairly early Saturday for bkfst, then to the undersea tour, you sit in a semi-submersible we're underwater, the captain is above. It was cool, we saw lots of fish, but not being able to see where we were going or feel a breeze on me, I got nauseaus.  Out on deck I was fine again.  After that we had lunch and a drink then went on the in-land bus tour. It was cool, we got to see Wrigley ranch which is still active, with beautiful horses!!!  Then dinner and a drink (hehe, see a trend), and then to a moonlight bus tour.. the lights were gorgeous!!!! back to town for dessert, and a drink (at least we ate with each drink), then to bed. Sunday we got up arranged a late checkout, went for our intro Scuba dive, that was THE coolest part of the trip for me. I'm hooked and cannot wait to get my open water certification!!! It was absolutely amazing!!!  After that, shower, change, store gear at hotel, and lunch (at the Buffalo Nickel, where they sell a drink called Buffalo milk, Tim's in love, I stuck with my beer). After lunch we headed over to meet our boat for parasailing. WOW! It was sooo quiet, and airy, sounds lame, but it's the floating, it's just amazing. Something I would love to do again.  After survivng scuba diving AND parasailing we decided we needed to celebrate ( afterall we did live through both).. so we went back to Luau Larrys (great place), and had a couple drinks w/ nachos and oyster shooters. Yummy.  Then sadly we had to get our gear and head over to the boat to come back to the real world.  It was an amazing trip. The best way to celebrate our 14th anniversary.