CA Road Trip Feb 24

18-19 Feb. Stayed closer to my place on Presidents’ Day weekend, going places on Sunday and then again on Monday.

Went out to Disney’s Barn
I didn’t ride the train but it looks fun!
After the property at Carolwood was bought, people brought the barn and some train stuff out to Griffith Park
He sure loved his trains!
This was the name of a band!
Broggie’s tool box
An aerial view of the property
The diorama of the old mine train area was the coolest part
Rainbow Ridge is still part of big thunder
As are the caverns here
The diorama has moving parts. So cool!
Walt’s tools
He had a real time map of his train. There’s one like this in the Main Street railroad depot for the Disneyland railroad
Here is Walt operating it
Morse code 😊
They only open for a few hours a month so that may be the only time I go.
While at Griffith park, I went to see the carousel that inspired Walt to create something family’s could do together…Disneyland!
Disney grave at Forest Lawn
The statue of David is now green. Strange.
Then I visited the site of Walt’s Second Studio on Hyperion Avenue. It’s now a parking lot – the sign is the only remnant
On Monday I went to the Nixon library.
In honor of the holiday they had live actors.
POW place setting in the cabinet room
Nixon created the EPA and the Endangered species act
This is his birth home. A very humble beginning
He always loved President Lincoln
We still struggle with this!
Historic visit to china with the famed handshake. First in decades.
Moon landing figures, appropriately defying gravity
The phone to the Apollo
Yaaasss!
The house was closed because it was rainy but this is an exact replica apparently
The Lincoln room was a favorite haunt. He would sit there reading, studying, working for hours
Visited the site of the new Yorba Linda temple while I was out that way