Family Travel Destination: Catalina Island
Catalina Island is a fun travel destination for families with kids of any age. Whether you visit overnight, for a weekend, a few days, or a week, you’ll find plenty to do. Just 22 miles off the California coast, Catalina Island is 22 miles long and up to 8 miles wide. It takes about an hour to get there by boat (or 15 minutes by air). Boats leave year-round out of ports in Long Beach, Dana Point, Newport Beach, and San Pedro. For my family, the boat ride to and from the island was a fun and memorable part of...