CATALINA ISLAND..............

I blog today from Catalina Island, in Southern California; my first visit to this beautiful enclave, the first of two ports of call on a four day cruise I am taking with my colleague, Father Ben DeLeon.  Catalina is everything I have always heard about it - a quaint, friendly, and relaxing, island community.  Having traveled with my powerchair, in order to disembark from the ship to tender across to Catalina Island, required that I stand and walk ten steps up onto the tender transport vehicle and ten steps down back onto the cruise ship which I did without incident.  It is a rejuvenating and very welcome few days escape. I proposed to Fr. Ben we take a cruise after Christmas in memory of our departed colleague, Fr. Steven Foppiano, who also enjoyed them. We cruise onward to Ensenada Mexico tomorrow, from where I will next blog..............fr.tdp