So I have this pretty fun tradition (aside from Three Rivers in the holidays), of going camping at Two Harbors on Catalina Island every Labor Day Weekend. The tradition originally began as a Jugglers' Festival, oddly enough, of which I was only a part due to my friend and her husband who are amateur jugglers, and because they are friends with some fairly accomplished ones. There was a juggling volleyball game on one of the early trips, where the ball was replaced by clubs and everyone had to catch them and keep juggling, pass them, and toss them back over. Needless to say, I was just a spectator...

But since then, it has dwindled down to just my friend, her husband and I, and a varying group of friends. And this last time they didn't even bring anything to juggle. What you do is have one person book the campground (waaaaay in advance, if you can, as in now, for next year), and everyone send him a check, (it's $12 per adult and $6 per child a night), and then each person books a boat ride on the Catalina Express (about $50) for whichever time works best and you all meet up on the island. Get a Bloody Mary on the boat trip and stand out on the deck; one hour later you'll arrive at Two Harbors, a little town with a beautiful beach, a restaurant, a bar, a little grocery store, and campgrounds up the hill.

Couple more pictures after the jump...