One of my favorite things to do when I'm on school holiday is watch the Today show laying around in my PJ's. The other week, there was a segment about this new travel trend- Babymoons. Basically, it's like a honeymoon when the woman is pregnant before the onslaught of sleepless nights and dirty diapers. Evidently two million out of six million expecting American parents take these Babymoons. Without knowing how trendy we were, we had already booked our little trip.
On Tuesday, we dropped Murphy off at the doggy spa and headed an hour south to Long Beach where we stayed aboard the permantely docked Queen Mary. We had a firstclass state room with the original 30's decor. It was a very comfortable room- far more spacious than today's cruise ship rooms. Here are some photos of us on the deck in the evening...
The next morning, we headed over to the dock to board a boat to take us to Catalina Island. The boat ride was only an hour- a very fast boat. As we left, we passed the Queen Mary. Interesting family trivia... Lyman's Grandpa Donald Walker rode home from Italy on this beautiful cruiser at the end of WWII.
We had a really nice two nights on the island. It's really small with only 3000 residents, and they are the only ones allowed cars. Anyone visiting can rent bikes or golf carts. We went biking, swimming, snorkeling, mini-golfing and... eating. Some more pics...
