The kids at the entrance of the Mission Inn - Riverside, CA1 of 25 Historic Hotels in America
Richard Nixon honeymooned here.
Mission Inn: a beautiful hotel with wonderful grounds. Many influential people visit the hotel annually and it is a popular wedding location. The nicest part about the hotel was that it was "tourist" friendly. We could walk throughout the hotel learning about the history and not feel out of place.
As we left the LA area, we quickly encountered miles of orchards and vineyards on our way to Napa Valley. We believe these are Cherry trees in bloom. There were quarter sections of land filled with the dark and light pink blooms. Awesome.
Along the Napa Valley the vineyards were being prepared for this years grape crop. There were many miles of vineyards and wineries. This time of year there were not many tours offered-only wine tastings. As none of us are wine drinkers we appreciated the scenery and kept driving.
Old Faithful Geyser of California. It is said to erupt faithfully every half hour. While we were there it went off about 12 times in one half hour. Apparently, the more it rains the more frequent the eruptions...it has rained a lot this spring! The water is hot coming out (of course) ...the girls were amazed that small fish and minnows live in the small pond surrounding the geyser. In the background you can see the once active Mount St. Helena....not Helen's, but Helena.
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