Balboa Island

Balboa Island is just a ferry ride away from the mainland Newport Beach city, Southern California, in the Pacific Ocean. On a sunny afternoon, we drove down about ten miles from home and reached the ferry.I have earlier experienced drive-thru restaurant, drive-thru car wash, but here was a DRIVE-THRU FERRY. It can ferry three cars at a time covering a short distance of about a mile. A bridge can be easily built across, but it’s just another American way of adventure, fun and frolic.

The island has a beautiful Beach with a Fishing Pier. Most of the adventurous young were enjoying swimming, surfing, challenging the gusty sea waves. Few people were strolling along the beach and still many more seated far away from the lashing waves on a beach chair gazing at the wild sea, lost in their own world. One can find little ones busy making sand castles with their own play way tools.

At a short distance was a Fishing Pier. Fishing is legal in Ocean fronts all across United States. People who cannot afford a boat to venture into the sea for sailing and some fishing as well, pier is a good alternative. It is basically a long wooden platform jutting into the sea and one can catch a lot many fish from the pier too.

The sea was boisterous, huge waves were hitting the shore, may be because of high tide. All of a sudden a SEAL appeared along with the waves. It remained on the shore, for a short while, too perplexed to watch so many human beings, none resembling creatures of its own sea world. It gave a picturesque pose to any photographer’s delight and vanished in the sea along with the receding waves.For me it was once in a lifetime, memorable experience, watching a SEAL in its natural habitat.