Mission Inn, Riverside

The sun is finally out after a week long heavy rain. Refreshing, love the fresh breeze. It's southern Cal again with warm sunshine and blue sky. We couldn't wait to get out and take a look of the mountains. We immediately decided to have a day trip to the nearby Mt. Baldy to play snow. We took out our snow gears and put on our thermals and snow pants. FYI, we quit snowboarding. We were gonna just "see" snow, "play" snow, and take pictures. We were all excited and off we went.

Surprisingly, Mt. Baldy is so close by, maybe just 20 minutes away from our place. But the traffic was terrible once we got to the bottom of the mountain. Well, we were just like others, all thought the same. We all wanted to see the snow but the problem was that the cars were not even moving. Couldn't imagine how long it will take us to go up there, so we made a U-turn and came back home.

We still wanted to enjoy the beautiful weather for the rest of the day and we headed to the city of Riverside, to visit the historical landmark, Mission Inn.

Mission Inn is a historical hotel with early California mission style setting. The adobe bricks make it very unique, vintage, antique... The outdoor courtyard in the middle of the hotel is beautiful, a great place to have a date or afternoon tea, or just for some photos. =)

Praise the Lord for a very enjoyable day.