It was a PERFECT day in Avalon today.. bright sunny skies and mid-70s! Oh it was feeling like summer on this perfect little island. Most of all, this little weekend get-away got us feeling like cruisers again!! We love life at sea.

The first interesing thing of the morning was there was a photo shoot happening this morning on our dinghy dock for Nautica apparel. We pulled up to a side of the dinghy dock where there weren't any boats parked and then realized...duh, those guys with the cameras probably don't want our little dingy in the background (as cute as she is you know). So, we parked on the other side of the dock and got on our merry way.

We hiked up to the top of the hill Avalon bay for some pictures. It's a nice walk and some good uphill exersise.. (think stairmaster). What an awesome view! The afternoon was lots of just hanging out, walking around town, getting to know the neighbors, and of course... a run for ice cream.

Even though the last few days have been overcast and scattered showers, we've had a great couple of days on the boat.

After Oceanside, we popped in Newport for a night mooring off Balboa Island. I love Balboa island and Newport just for strolling around and dinghy cruising. There's a lot to see, do, and nice place to relax on the boat while seeing lots of stuff happening on shore.

We left Newport just in time to catch a small amount of sprinkles with some ominous dark coulds overhead. Actually, I think we just missed the downpour. It got rather windy (27 kts at 8am) so we though we'd be in for quite a ride over to Catalina. Lucky for us, the wind died down a bit and Catalina greeted us with sunny skies in the distance.

We sailed up to Oceanside on Saturday, and as we were taking a stroll around the marina guess what we saw....?

Our old boat! Yes, Gail Force is alive and well and now stored in-water! She was a great little boat for us so we were excited to see that her new owner has taken great care of her!