Total Distance: 1.3 Miles (1.5 if you go to the Firefighters Memorial) Difficulty: Easy (slight elevation gains, dirt path) Address: 32353 Ortega Highway Elsinore, CA 92530 Cost: $5 parking or Adventure Pass Yesterday we went to the El Cariso Nature … Continue reading
Location: Corner of Magnolia and Arlington in Low Park Date Established: 2/24/1914* Date Visited: 4/18/2014 (click to expand pictures) I find it kind of funny that the Chicago White Soxs would donate a redwood tree to Riverside considering you cannot … Continue reading
I have been to a lot of fairs and I have seen a lot of livestock expositions. As far as the Expo Ganadera at the Feria de San Marcos goes it does cover all the basics: common livestock (horses, goats, … Continue reading
Part of the Feria de San Marcos was the Expo Agroalimentaria (the food exposition). Held on the Isla de San Marcos (Island of San Marcos) the expo was a fun way to try many of the different agricultural products of … Continue reading
While we were in Aguascalientes we were able to learn a bit about the 1914 Convention of Aguascalientes. To understand the importance of this meeting you need to know a bit about Porfirio Diaz. Porfirio Diaz was the president of … Continue reading
Location: Corner of Magnolia and Arlington Date Established: 1873 Date Visited: 3/6/10 & 4/18/14 California is world renowned for its citrus industry. It all started back in 1870 William Saunders, a horticulturalist at the United States Department of Agriculture, sent … Continue reading
Location: 3525 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501 Date Established: 1891 Date Visited: 4/18/14 “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse … Continue reading
Location: 4050 Main Street, Riverside, CA. 92501 Date Established: 1903 Date Visited: 4/18/14 (well actually many times before that) On May 2, 1893 Riverside County was created from parts of San Bernardino County and San Diego County. It was during … Continue reading
Location: 3649 Mission Inn Avenue Date Established: 1903 Date Visited: 4/18/14 (well actually many times before that) (click to expand photos) “It is the most unique hotel in America. It’s a monastery, a museum, a fine hotel, a home, a … Continue reading
Last weekend I was riding my bike around town and I saw this very beautiful house in the middle of what I would describe as plain suburbia setting. Coming closer to the house I saw this sign: It became immediately … Continue reading