With Kayden having the week off after Christmas, we decided a few weeks ago that we wanted to go somewhere. We have done Disney A LOT! It’s too cold for Palm Springs- our usual go-to place. We thought about renting a camper and driving up the coast. Seemed a little too last minute to plan that. Then we thought about taking the train to Santa Barbara. That sounded fun until we saw that it was going to take 5 HOURS to get there. A train ride is fun, but we figured the fun would wear off after the first 30 minutes! So we decided to go to Catalina!! Scotty and I have been a few times- when we were dating- and figured it would be fun to go back with the girls. We were right!

Boat Ride:

To get to the Island we had to take a boat. We drove up to Dana Point and hopped on a boat that took us over to the island. It was an hour and twenty minutes, but the girls loved exploring the boat and looking out the window to see nothing but ocean. It was fun!

Hiking:

One thing we fell in love with while on the island was hiking. The girls just LOVE exploring. We found a bunch of different foot prints and scat (fancy for animal poo). We hiked to the top of hills and enjoyed the view. And we might have taken a few hundred silly selfies too! 😉

Golf cart Tour:

We rented a golf cart both days we were on the island so we could do more exploring. We had fun cruising all over town, up and down mountains, and in and out of places we weren’t supposed to be- like private residential areas. Oops! We didn’t get in trouble! While cruising the island we did more hiking and exploring. Little Miss Kloey had to give in to a quick siesta while Scotty and Kayden went exploring.

Play ground:

While on one of our tours we found a park. Clearly they miss going to the park. So we parked and let them run around and get their wiggles out!

 

We had SUCH a fun time in Catalina! It didn’t take long into our first day to realize we would be extending our trip by a day. Of course, it was New Year’s Eve and the places were booked and expensive! We spent a few hours walking the streets and found a perfect hotel to ring in the new year! So perfect, in fact, we realized that had stayed there once before!! So fun!! Can’t wait to go back!