Today I drove 120 miles traveling from Brea, California to Barstow, California.
I am spending the night at the Hampton Inn in Barstow, California.
I have a studio suite with two queen beds.
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Happy Easter everyone! I'll wish you a happy Easter now because due to the time difference most of you probably read my emails next day. So it's probably Easter when you are reading this. I hope the Easter Bunny leaves you lots of delicious treats. I started my day at the Embassy Suites in Brea, California. Brea is a few miles north of Anaheim. I left my hotel shortly before 10:00am and drove five miles to Yorba Linda, California in order to visit my fifth presidential library of the road trip. Do you know what president that is? Here's a picture of the fountain at the entrance.  This is the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.  The library had the usual mock-up of the Oval Office. I'm not sure Nixon would have liked that ugly dude sitting in his chair.  The library wasn't very busy. The volunteer working the room took several pictures of me in the Oval Office.  Nixon went to China in February 1972 to meet with Chairman Mao Zedong and Premier Chou En-lai in Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. This historic visit marked the first high-level encounter between the United States and the People's Republic of China in more than two decades, ushering in a new era in Washington-Beijing relations.  A re-creation of President Nixon's study at La Casa Pacifica immerses visitors in the life of the working Western White House in San Clemente, California.  Below is a picture of the Pat Nixon Rose Garden. This is the fourth day in a row I have visited a rose garden.  One of the volunteers told me that a lot of people get married at the library. I got to watch this couple get married while I was there.  The highlight of the library is visiting Richard's Birthplace Home. This is the actual house and it is located where it was originally built. It was built in 1912. His father, Frank Nixon, used a kit to build the house in a small grove of trees on his eight-acre citrus farm. The one and one-half story, white clapboard siding house has a low-pitched gable roof. A long dormer on the north side lights a small second-floor bedroom.  The volunteers switch posts throughout the day. The gentleman that took my picture in the Oval Office had just arrived here at the house and gave me a private tour of the house. He took as many pictures with my camera as I did today.  All the furnishings in the home are the actual furnishings used by the Nixon family in the house. Below is the living area.  Below is the dining room. The family lived here until 1922, when they moved to the nearby community of Whittier.  My personal guide let me go in rooms that are usually roped off. Below is the room in which President Nixon was born on January 9, 1913.  The sewing room. Nixon’s parents were members of the Quaker community in Yorba Linda and active in civic life. They taught their four sons patience, courage, and determination, qualities that Nixon drew strength from during trying times.  And below is a picture of the kitchen.  President Nixon formed a nonprofit library organization in 1968 and acquired the property in 1988. The museum was established on the premises.  Not more than a few feet from the house where he was born our 37th president was laid to rest beside his wife Patricia, who had died the year prior to his passing.  Below is Army One. That is what the president's helicopter was called back then. This helicopter was used by Nixon as well as Kennedy and Johnson. I walked through but for some reason they didn't allow pictures in there.  I spent just over three hours at the library before departing and heading for my hotel which was a little over a hundred miles away in Barstow. This is my eighth and final night in California. I was going to stop and see a couple things in San Bernardino on my way to Barstow, but they weren't very interesting and traffic was crawling on the freeway, so I decided to skip it. After getting settled at my Hampton Inn hotel I got me some dinner from the Habit Burger Grill which was less than a half mile down the road. It was good. I've never eaten there before. I've seen several of them out here.  I tried to watch the Reds game on TV. When I tuned in the Bally's channel it was on I got the message "you don't subscribe to that channel." So I'm listening to the game on SiriusXM as I prepare this email. They're losing as usual. I think I got just enough gas in the car to get me out of the state tomorrow. I came into California with a full tank and will leave with an empty one. I only had to buy about two tanks of expensive California gas. Enjoy your Easter Sunday, Tim |
Covers 120 miles from Brea, California to Barstow, California. |
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