We were hiking up a steep mountain on the first day of a 24-mile hiking trip. Thomas turned to me and said, “this is just like in the Lost Island.” It wasn’t the Lost Island and we didn’t see dinosaurs, but Catalina Island was a pretty amazing place.
We took the 45 minutes Ferry from Newport Beach to Avalon with our church group. We played in the water and then hiked a mile to Hermit Gulch Campground. This was the only day we had to carry our full packs (the other days, we had a service that took our packs). It was a bit tough. The photo on the right is Thomas and I with our backpacks on. Thomas is lost behind his life jacket.
Thursday was the longest hike and I was amazed at how well Thomas did. He just went. At one point I caught up with him and he said it was just like he was exploring the Lost Island and he would see I dinosaur at an moment. We hiked 10.23 miles with 2,828 ft elevation gain (that is a lot of up hill). Thomas was so tired he pulled out his sleeping bag and slept right there on the table.
It was very windy on Thursday and we needed to stake our tent down. Unfortunately one of our tent stakes was missing. So, Thomas had to cave use a new one.
Friday was a shorter hike and then some fun at Little Harbor Campground. We did some snorkeling and paddled around the bay in a kayak. See the little kayak down there.
On Saturday we hiked from 6 miles from Little Harbor to Twin Harbors. The views from the mountains were amazing. We got pizza in Twin Harbors and caught the Ferry back to San Pedro.
