But that's the end of the day. There was an awful lot of interesting time during the rest of the day. We started out at near-by Carolyn's Cafe for a scrumptious breakfast -- way more than I could eat. After a stop at the post office and one at Costco, we went to see Mission San Gabriel's San Bernardino Ranch Asistencia. It's a replica of a complex built in 1819 that was restored in 1937 as part of the federal WPA project. Today it's a County Museum Historic Site that is most often used for weddings.
From there we went to take a look at the Lincoln Memorial Shrine. It's housed in an interesting octagonal shaped building built in 1932 by Robert Watchorn as a tribute to Abraham Lincoln and a memorial to his son Emory who died following his injuries in World War I. This is a fascinating place with all kinds of memorabilia about Lincoln and also the Civil War. One of the volunteers told us that Redlands in the 1930s was one of the wealthiest per capita areas in the US. Much like Palm Springs is today, it's where the wealthy built their winter homes. Watchorn was an English coal miner who made a fortune in the US.
Even though it was chillier today (down to the 60s), we have been enjoying the warmth of southern California. It's so nice to see flowers in bloom -- like these Birds of Paradise:
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