The bagpiper played three songs during the Memorial Day service at Oak Park Cemetery in Claremont, CA. The songs were Amazing Grace, Scottish Lament, and Taps.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Mission Inn - Riverside California
This is a photo of the Mission Inn in Riverside, California. A very beautiful hotel with very interesting architecture.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Cable Airport Beacon - Upland CA
Desiring something new, I went to eat breakfast at Manic Mike's Cafe at Cable Airport in Upland, California. I heard that the food is very good and one has a view of planes landing and taking off. The cafe lived up to the good reports I had heard of it.
This is the beacon at Cable Airport which is very visible at night.
This is the beacon at Cable Airport which is very visible at night.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Marina Del Rey
Recently did a small project in Marina Del Rey which is near Santa Monica, California. It involved cathodic projection of the sea wall for the marina. While there a took a few photos of the marina and posted the photos on Flickr.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
LA Live Steamers - Union Pacific
Los Angeles Live Steamers are located in Griffin Park in Los Angeles California next to Travel Town. Riding on their trains is a lot of fun and highly recommended by me.
Travel Town Train
This is the train that kids of all ages can ride at Travel Town in Griffin Park which is located in Los Angeles, California. The trains next door at Los Angeles Live Steamers are more fun to ride.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
San Gabriel Mission
Yesterday I went to see the San Gabriel Mission for the first time. The photos I took of the mission are on Flickr.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Santa Fe Depot - Fullerton CA
This is the Santa Fe Depot which is now a Amtrak Station serving Pacific Surfliners and the Southwest Chief. In addition, it is a Metrolink station.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Amtrak Surfliner @ Orange CA
Amtrak Surfliner @ Orange CA
Originally uploaded by ronald_hodgman
Santa Fe Depot - Riverside CA
This is the Santa Fe Depot in Riverside California which has been turned into an office building. It is located near the Riverside Downtown Metrolink Station.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
High Class Portable Johns
Nothing but the best for the graduation event at Ponoma College. Even astoturf as sort of a green carpet to stand on while waiting.
Red Raspberries
I purchased some red raspberries at the Claremont Farmer's Market today and very much enjoyed eating them.
Pomona College Museum of Art
A sample of the art you will currently see at the Pomona College Museum of Art.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Santa Fe 3751 in Claremont CA
Santa Fe 3751 in Claremont CA
Originally uploaded by ronald_hodgman
Claremont Depot
This is the historic Santa Fe train station in Claremont, California that is now a Metrolink train station.
San Bernardino Museum
The Bangor Michigan train depot had a very similar office as did all train stations. This photo taken at the San Bernardino Museum inside the San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot.
San Bernardino Museum
Reminds me of my childhood when I traveled with my dad down to Bangor Michigan. My dad transfered the mail bag from the Bangor Post Office to the C&O passenger train mail rail car. It was not abnormal for me to get a Chessie button from a conductor. Typically the train was late so there was time to kill waiting for the train to show up. The Bangor train depot had similar baggage wagons.
Pacific Jazz Quartet
Typically I hang out in "College Center" on Sunday between 2 to 5 PM so that I can listen to live Jazz music. During the summer months there is lots of live free music in the Village of Claremont but only the Jazz series at College Center is year around.
Fruizen in College Center
A favorite place for me to eat ice cream is Fruizen in College Center. It is at the corner of Foothill and Claremont Blvd in Claremont, CA.
Santa Fe 3751 in Claremont CA
Santa Fe 3751 in Claremont CA
Originally uploaded by ronald_hodgman
Orange Circle - Orange CA
One thing that Orange has that Claremont, CA lacks is a traffic circle. It is a main landmark of Orange California with a nice park in the middle of the traffic circle. Yes, it was Christmas time when this photo was taken.
Orange CA
Orange California has a very nice looking downtown. Sort of like Claremont, California but it is in Orange County not Los Angeles County. Claremont is a college town and Orange is more a typical small California town. I like both small towns but I live in Claremont not Orange.
Pere Marquette 1223 @ Grand Haven MI
If it looks like the steam engine in the movie "Polar Express" it is because it's sister Pere Marquette 1225 was the one that the movie used for the role.
Grand Haven Michigan Lighthouse
This is the lighthouse at Grand Haven Michigan. It looks a lot like the lighthouse at South Haven and Muskegon. The South Haven lighthouse is the shortest of the three lighthouses.
Swimming Turtle @ CA Academy of Science
Swimming Turtle @ CA Academy of Science
Originally uploaded by ronald_hodgman
M247 Sgt York Division Air Defense (DIVAD) Gun
One of several very popular images in my Flickr photo-stream of military equipment I photographed on Yuma Proving Ground in the Arizona desert near Yuma, Arizona.
Riverside Metro Art Museum
This is one of the interesting paintings I saw recently when I sent to the Riverside Metro Art Museum in Riverside, California.
Petterson Museum
A very interesting and worthwhile museum to go to is the "Petterson Museum of Intercultural Art" located in Pilgrim Place. The address for the museum is 730 Plymouth Road, Claremont, CA 91711.
Santa Fe 3751
Some time ago I noted a steam locomotive in the Amtrak yard near Union Station in Los Angeles, California. It can be clearly seen from Amtrak Surfliners headed southbound toward San Diego, California. It was not until recently that I found out this was Santa Fe 3751.
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