Sometimes You Don't Have To Travel Far...

During Spring break last year, a few of my friends and I ventured out to Catalina Island. Not only was the vacation fun, I enjoyed it most because I got to spend it with the people whom I love to be around. The city, well more of a town, was filled with small street cafes, little souvenir shops, and beaches all around.
Though we were there for a few days in this small town, the options kept us occupied. On the first day, we headed out to the beach of course and went kayaking. Although my rowing skills aren't quite at the highest level, we managed to go out pretty far- with much help from the backseat rower.
There was also a nice hike- a couple of miles, to the top of a peak where we could see the entire view of the sea and city. It was beyond fantastic. But it wasn't the only experience I had where I could see the view from a high point. On the second day, we went parasailing. By then, my fear of heights had subsided and I was able to enjoy the experience. Up, Up, Up and away we went- it must have quite a few feet up in the air we were, attached to this giant parachute flapping in the wind. It was great fun.
On the last day, we were all sad to leave the beautiful port and go back to school. But we managed to detach ourselves as we headed back on the boat to LA, awaiting the long six hour ride home.
I found out after this trip that not all vacations require miles of extensive driving or flying- sometimes its the local, or So-cal, trips that are just as fun.