On my birthday 5-25-2021 toi di den Catalina island de mung ngay sinh nhat. Ngay birthday cua toi trung ngay voi Veterans day nen ca nuoc My duoc nghi 1 ngay nen toi thuong noi dua la ngay sinh nhat toi ca nuioc deu nghi de chao mung.
Catalina island nam 2,000ft tren mat nuoc bien va duoc tho dan da do Gabrielono song o day tren 7,000 nam boi nguoi da do den tu mainland. 21 miles long va cho rong nhat la 8 miles, 47,884 acres, 76 square miles, cho cao nhat la nui Orizaba cao 2,097ft. cach mainland 21 miles va San Pedro 26 miles. Cho sau nhat la 3 miles. Avalon la mot trong 2 communities o day ben canh Two Harbors.
Nha mao hiem Tay Ban Nha dau tien den day la Rodriguez Cabrillo nam 1542. Ong ta lay ten cua vua Spain la San Salvador dat cho dao nay. Den nam 1602 mot nha mao hiem khac cua Tay Ban Nha den vao ngay Catherines Feast Day nen ong dat ten dao
nay la Catalina de honor thanh Catherine. Den nam 1821 Mexico doc lap tu Spain roi thi Mexico lam chu dao nay. Den nam 1846, truoc khi Hoa Ky chiem lay California va dao nay tu tay Mexico thi Governor cua Mexican California luc bay gio la Pio Pico trao vung dat nay cho private citizen la Thomas M. Robbins nam 1846 de thanh lap Rancho Santa Catalina. Den nam 1850 Robbins ban lai cho Jose Maria Covarrubias voi gia $10,000. ke tiep Covarrusbias ban lai cho Albert Parkard cua San Francisco nam 1853. Den nam 1864 thi Packard ban lai cho James Lick cho den 25 nam ke tiep. Sau do chu dao nay la Georhe Shatto mua voi gia $200,000 tu Lick Estate nhung sau do vi no nan Shatto bi pha san va dao nay tro lai Lick Esates. Roi Lick estate ban lai cho William Bannings nam 1892 voi gia $128,740. Bannings bat dau thanh lap Santa Catalina Island Company nam 1896 va trao chu quyen dai nay cho company nay va bat dau bien dao nay thanh tourist attraction voi hotels, golf coures. Nhung sau do vi nan hoa hoan xay ra nam 1915 Bannings
bi khung hoan ve tai chanh nen ban lai bang co phan va William Wrigney of Chicago Cubs va Chewing Gum fame mua da so co phan dao nay nam 1919. Truoc khi mua dao nay, ong Wrigney den dao day voi vo ong la Ada va con trai la Phillip. Ong rat thich dao nay va mua gan het co phan va dieu khien cong ty Santa Catalina Island company. Ong xay nha tren nui ADA ma ong dat ten vo ong cho ten ngon nui nay.
Ong William Wrigney Jr. bat dau xay khach san va casino nam 1929. Mat 14 nam de xay va ton $2M. Casino la Italian word co nghia la place of entertainment, dong thoi Wrigney cung thanh lap co xuong che silver, zinc, lead.
Den 2-15-1975 Phillip giao chu quyen 42,135 acres tren dao nay cho Catalina Island Conservancy ma ong da thanh lap nam 1972, phan con lai duoc lam chu boi Santa Catalina Island company ma lam chu da so cac resorts, va tourist attractions tren dao nhu Catalina Island Golf Course, Casino ball room.
Nu tai tu Natalie Wood bi chet duoi o Two harbors tuoc dao
Catalina vao ngay ThanksGiving nam 1981 khi ba va chong la Robert Wagner du thuyen tren yatch do ba lam chu.
5-25-2021 Home nay la ngay sinh nhat cua toi nen toi di den dao nay de vui choi vi lan dau toi den dai nay khoang 20 nam ve truoc nhung khong di dau xa. Toi di den day bang thuyen lon chua khoang tren 200 nguoi. Tau khoi hanh luc 6:30AM va den dao Catalina khoang 7:50am. Toi di chuyen som nhat de o tren dao nay lau hon. Toi den noi thi tat ca cac tiem deu con dong cua vi ho mo cua luc 10am. Toi di hiking len nui va di mat khoang 3 tieng rat thu vi. Tu dinh nui nhin xuong harbor rat ngoan muc. Co nhieu tour di quanh tren nui nhu vay bang xe duoc goi la Catalina Safari. Khoi dau toi phai di len nhung bac thang bang da de len tren dinh doi ma cu dan dung de di len nha cua ho nam tren doi. Sau do co con duong trang nhua di quanh dao tren dinh nui.
toi xuong nui tro lai diem khoi hanh rat hay va ngoan muc. Toi vua xuong noi la cua hang bat dau mo. da so la cua hang souvernir. Toi di xe bus bat dau luc 10am de di den Botanical Garden o cuoi duong xe bus. Trong Garden nay co da so la Cactus. O cuoi garden la toa lau dai duoc xay len de ky niem cha va con cua Wrigney. Sau do toi tro ve downtown Avalon sau 1 hr tham vieng. Toi di den casino nhung casino dong cua vi Covid do do toi den den cuoi duong dot theo bo bien.
Den 5:45pm toi len thuyen tro ve mainland cham dut mot ngay vui.lina Island
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