We had a great 24 hours in Avalon this past weekend, from the ferry ride over, which included some whale-spotting, to our nice little B&B, the tour of the Casino, and dinner on the water. 
It was just a half hour to Long Beach, then an hour on the Catalina Express, and we were in the land of golf carts and ice cream shops. We walked the streets, enjoyed the absolutely perfect weather, and watched the scuba divers head into the water near the Casino.
The tour of the Casino in the afternoon was our only real activity, which we followed with some time in the museum, where we learned about the Chicago Cubs’ spring training on the island between the 1920s and the 1950s. The mini golf course across the street from our B&B was one of the best we’ve ever tried, challenging and classic and a lot of fun. We had a nice dinner on the water, and a drink at the Lobster Trap, which was definitely a local scene.
For next time, we made a mental list of the things we’d do: a real swing-dance in the Casino would be great, as would the nighttime flying-fish tour, and a drive through the interior of the island on this bus:
