Two Harbors is remote. And tiny. It has a population of 298. The kind of place in which you might get cooked in a giant pot by cannibals.
It’s one of two towns on Catalina island, the other being the larger, more touristy Avalon. A two-day hiking trail connects both towns. Two Harbors strangely has an east coast feel, with a pebbly beach like a little cove in Maine. (I say strangely because it’s been used as a Polynesian shooting location for films including Mutiny on the Bounty.)
When you come ashore and enter the tiny village, which consists of a general store and two restaurants, a pleasant dude in a polo shirt hands you a surgical mask. It’s a Karen-free environment.
Two Harbors maintains its charm in every way…
Plus it has a care-free sense of humor. I spent two hours there – the right amount of time to shake off whatever ached and get back on the JetSki to ride home. Jaws’ cousins be damned.
