Watching Catalina (2007)
Two gulls alight on a cruise ship anchored outside Avalon Harbor, a great vantage point to scan Catalina Island for a possible breakfast on a bright spring morning. Most of Catalina is visible along with some of the California mainland coast (on the horizon at right), although the town of Avalon at the eastern end of the island is out of the picture to the left. The sprawl of white buildings is a condominium development at Hamilton Cove, just outside Avalon.
I took this picture on 10 May 2007, the day before a major brush fire burned 1,700 hectares of the island’s undeveloped “interior” west of Avalon, including the hills above Hamilton Cove. The fire reached the Avalon city limits but damaged only a few buildings before it was contained. It forced the evacuation of all visitors and many residents, and closed the island to tourists for over a week.
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