June 8th - 16th of this year. We had so much fun! These aren't really in order of our trip, but I'll tell a bit about each one. The first three are from Two Harbors. The top one is our campsite at the campground in Two Harbors - BEAUTIFUL. I think this was my favorite spot. It was truly a pain in the ass to hike up and down from the town to the site, but just the fact that the town (and therefore hot showers, food, kayak rentals, etc.) is hikeable gives it a big boost for me. The spot truly is beautiful and you have a really nice beach right at the bottom of the sites. That's where the following two pictures are taken. The beach isn't really sandy, more like teeny tiny rocks - maybe the step right before they turn to sand. Not to rocky to be uncomfortable. Also, you can take the boat right into Two Harbors so it saves the hassle of having to take the bus to the other sites.
The next 4 pictures are from our first campsite in Little Harbor. Don't get me wrong - super beautiful, too! Not really hiking friendly for the kids, I wouldn't recommend going here unless you really want to do NOTHING but lay on the beach all day. There are two coves right next to each other and you can easily go between them both and pick where you want to hang out. Virtually no one else there, with the exception of the few other campers. This would be the perfect spot to take a group of playgroup kids for a few days. The beach is really sheltered, no big waves and just nice sand for the kids to play. The one of me standing with the girls is at our camp spot and literally right to my right about 50 yards is the beach. There is also a nice little stream that flows and you can hear the frogs when dusk hits - that's why the girls are wearing headlamps! We took them to look for frogs when it got dark. Super fun, didn't find any frogs, though. Lots of bats! Not easy to get to - I wouldn't recommend going here with the kids if you were just going to stay one night. Minimum 2 nights just to make it worth lugging all of the junk. You have to take the bus once you get off the boat.
The last picture is from Avalon. Avalon can get old pretty fast, it's just a very typical tourist town. The great thing there, though, is that there are tons of fun and touristy things to do. This picture is from the semi-submergible boat ride that we went on. Very cool! They feed the fish as well. I know, not very eco-friendly but the kids got a kick out of seeing all the fish swarming the boat! Catalina is pretty good about all of the eco-stuff in general. The whole island is a conservancy with the exception of Avalon, which is the only incorporated town. No one else is allowed to own property anywhere, so the entire island is pretty barren which is what makes it so beautiful. Buffalo herds are still prevalent (we got to see some) and a deer walked right up to our campsite. Fish are everywhere. All in all, a nice little place to visit. Ooh, we also had a blast kayaking here with the girls and we took them on a flying fish boat ride. Look at how well we are all sleeping in our first bed in 6 nights!
The next 4 pictures are from our first campsite in Little Harbor. Don't get me wrong - super beautiful, too! Not really hiking friendly for the kids, I wouldn't recommend going here unless you really want to do NOTHING but lay on the beach all day. There are two coves right next to each other and you can easily go between them both and pick where you want to hang out. Virtually no one else there, with the exception of the few other campers. This would be the perfect spot to take a group of playgroup kids for a few days. The beach is really sheltered, no big waves and just nice sand for the kids to play. The one of me standing with the girls is at our camp spot and literally right to my right about 50 yards is the beach. There is also a nice little stream that flows and you can hear the frogs when dusk hits - that's why the girls are wearing headlamps! We took them to look for frogs when it got dark. Super fun, didn't find any frogs, though. Lots of bats! Not easy to get to - I wouldn't recommend going here with the kids if you were just going to stay one night. Minimum 2 nights just to make it worth lugging all of the junk. You have to take the bus once you get off the boat.
The last picture is from Avalon. Avalon can get old pretty fast, it's just a very typical tourist town. The great thing there, though, is that there are tons of fun and touristy things to do. This picture is from the semi-submergible boat ride that we went on. Very cool! They feed the fish as well. I know, not very eco-friendly but the kids got a kick out of seeing all the fish swarming the boat! Catalina is pretty good about all of the eco-stuff in general. The whole island is a conservancy with the exception of Avalon, which is the only incorporated town. No one else is allowed to own property anywhere, so the entire island is pretty barren which is what makes it so beautiful. Buffalo herds are still prevalent (we got to see some) and a deer walked right up to our campsite. Fish are everywhere. All in all, a nice little place to visit. Ooh, we also had a blast kayaking here with the girls and we took them on a flying fish boat ride. Look at how well we are all sleeping in our first bed in 6 nights!
The kids totally didn't even fuss about sleeping on sleeping mats for that long, either. They were happy as clams to be dirty and un-showered and curled up in the tent. It was great and we all really had a lot of fun. If we were to do it again, I would do three nights in Little Harbor, 3 nights in Two Harbors and 2 nights in Avalon. This time we did 3 in avalon and 2 in two harbors.
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