BIZARRE CALIFORNIA

FINAL COURTYARD
FINAL COURTYARD
CHAPEL WITH TIFFANY WINDOWS
CHAPEL WITH TIFFANY WINDOWS
MACAWS
MACAWS
INTERIOR VIEW
INTERIOR VIEW
ANOTHER VIEW
ANOTHER VIEW
ONE SIDE OF THE MISSION INN
ONE SIDE OF THE MISSION INN
MISSION INN ENTRANCE
MISSION INN ENTRANCE
REREDOS
REREDOS
SWANINARAYAN MANDIR
SWANINARAYAN MANDIR

I have been waiting several years to see the Mission Inn, in Riverside California. It was a bit trying and I will tell you why. We arrived at the museum shortly after 11 am. A tour was scheduled for 11. we were the only people there for the tour and being a few minutes late meant we had to wait for the next tour; at 2pm. At 10 minutes before two in the afternoon, we arrived back at the appointed location, still the only people interested to take the tour. Which started at 2pm. not a minute sooner.

It slowed our progress a little as I had mapped another ambitious day. After a brief stop at the Swaminarayan Mindar, an extraordinary structure, nestled between the highway and a shopping center. Then continuing to Artesia, Ca.