Where in the World Could This Be? (2 Viewers)

[BLReed]

This is a great place which I am very fond of. But looking at the photos, it might be hard to determine where it is located. Does anyone know?

The Mission Inn, Riverside, Calif.

 

[ucla1967]

The Mission Inn, Riverside, Calif.

That's correct. The Mission Inn is about 30 miles east of our house in Riverside. It is on the National Historic Register and is a great place to visit (they have tours), spend the night, or eat in one of their restaurants. My wife and I have stayed there in the past on our wedding anniverseries. In fact, they upgraded us to a suite once; the roof of which is partially visible below the tower and to the left in the third (and last photo) in post #2.

 

[waynepoo]

Glad you like it. I have visited more than two dozen countries, but two that are high up on my "must visit" list are Australia and New Zealand.

Mike,
You would be most welcome if you were to ever head down under both here or in the land of the long white cloud.
Wayne.

 

[ucla1967]

Mike,
You would be most welcome if you were to ever head down under both here or in the land of the long white cloud.
Wayne.

Thank you Wayne. There was never a doubt about that in my mind. We have been on half a dozen group tours with Trafalgar in the past that included Australians and they were all a great lot and a pleasure to be around.

 

[ucla1967]

Here are some more photos that I was going to post as clues, but they are not needed now. I though you might like to see them anyway. If you were wondering about the Christmas decorations, they were a part of their annual Festival of Lights where they put up 1 1/2 million lights. We stayed there with our granddaughter on a special for $197 which included a room, all taxes, valet parking, and a $25 food credit. That's her trying to remove a Christmas tree decoration. The fourth photo is actually on the roof; we stayed in a room across from ther water feature.

 

[ucla1967]

Some more photos, including the AT&T building across the street which was where I briefly first worked with Pacific Bell in January 1984.

 

[Shannon Reuss]

Mike, you really have a knack for photography--beautiful.

 

[ucla1967]

Mike, you really have a knack for photography--beautiful.

Shannon,

Thank you so much for the compliment. It is really not me, but rather the new digital cameras which are just incredible. My first camera, in 1961, was a 35mm with a folding lens, but it still weighed over a pound. In those days, I shot Kodachrome slide film with either 24 or 36 exposures per roll. It was very slow speed (ASA) film and with the cameras in the old days, you had to set your speed, shutter opening, and focus manually for every shot. If you knew what you were doing, you could adjust the speed and shutter opening to determine the depth of field. They didn't have built in light meters, either. Those were not the good old days.

 

[ucla1967]

Here are the last five photos of this remarkable place. Every where you turn, there is some different architectural feature or style.