We spent an afternoon bumming around Newport Beach and visited Balboa Island. This tiny speck of land lies within Newport Bay and is a mostly artificial island created in 1906 when the Red Line trolleys began running from downtown Los Angeles to Newport Beach. Subdivided into tiny lots which sold for $250 at the time, the island today is as densely populated as Manhattan--3,000 people live on 128 acres of land, 10,000 in the summer! You can take a short bridge to the island, but the cool way to get there is by the ferry that runs back and forth and can carry three cars and a bunch of people and bikes. Apparently, frozen bananas are the thing here (the banana stand on Arrested Development was located on Balboa). It is a great place to walk around and gawk at the cute homes and tropical landscaping. Tear-down lots of 25 X 60 here go for $2 million.
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| Balboa Island Ferry |
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| After a 5 minute ride, we approach the dock |
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