From Queen Mary to Catalina

We were up and ready for breakfast at 8:00 am this morning. Breakfast was at the Promenade Café on the Queen Mary which had a decent buffet. After eating, we showed Joe a bit around the ship and then drove into Long Beach to start our scavenger hunt.

Bye Queen Mary

The scavenger hunt was completed via text messages on our phones that gave us clues and directions to different historical landmarks in the city. Each of us had a role to play. Mom was team leader and would read the clues, Joe was the architect, Zach was the artist, and I was the photographer. The roles didn’t really matter that much besides mom’s role as the rest of us could earn points by answering bonus questions or taking snapshots of different things. As photographer, all I did was take pictures based on random suggestions the scavenger hunt sent me (like take a picture of somebody taking a picture). The hunt involved a lot of walking too, especially at one point where we walked a mile before we arrived at the next destination. There were some cool tidbits about Long Beach (e.g. did you know there’s this building with a copper roof, that survived an earthquake and another building that looks like a beer can), but it wasn’t worth all the walking in my opinion. We did complete the scavenger hunt though with a score 80% higher than the average person. After walking back to the Honda Fit, we headed to our ride to Catalina Island.

We're on a scavenger hunt

It said it looks like a beer can

Our boat was scheduled to depart at 2:00 pm, so we got our tickets and boarded for the hour sail over to Catalina Island. Joe took a nap. Mom read some pamphlets for things to do on the island. Zach read a book. I played on my Nintendo Switch for the majority of the cruise over. Mom teased me a bit when I brought the game console with me, but the selling point of the system is that you can play it anywhere and it certainly made the hour journey seem quicker. We arrived on Catalina Island and walked over to our hotel, the Mac Rae. We ate dinner at Coyote Joe’s and walked through some of the different shops nearby. We retired back to our hotel rooms for the rest of the night in order to plan our next two days on the island. Tomorrow, we’re going on a jeep tour and to a museum.

Hello Catalina Island

To read a different perspective of today’s events, read my mom’s blog here.