New Train Station

The LA Metro A Line is heading closer to the eastern edge of LA County.

We cycled to the dedication.

 

The dedication included many speeches.
Many people talked about bringing the train all the way to Ontario.

The station art was displayed.

There was enough bicycle parking and quite a bit of parking for cars, too.

Too bad the trains were just for show.
No opening date has been announced.

Old Train Station

 

I never knew about the Santa Fe Depot in
San Bernardino until I saw it on a stamp.

I decided it would be fun to ride with the toddler I care for and we were both looking forward to it. It was a bit of a rough start because our train was cancelled, 

but we enjoyed watching lots of other trains.

We eventually got on, thanks to the conductor who pulled a big piece of folding metal that became the ramp for rolling the stroller onto the train.

Do you see the stamp displayed in the background?
No one else was there so we had poking around inside.

Right through the door by the shoeshine stand is the women's waiting room.

It was a perfect place to have a snack.

The model of the depot was a big hit.

We had fun exploring outside, too.

We had some good views from the top of the bridge over the tracks.

Then it was time to go home.

Next up, a trip on the city bus.

Birthday Trip, part one

I like mini vacations. The travel is minimal and the location may not be exotic, but it is a place to explore and get a different view of the world. 

We decided to spend two nights in Redlands and it was fantastic.

We did not take the train, which goes directly there from Claremont once a day and has a single transfer the rest of the time.

We found plenty of bicycle parking near the station.

From the train stop we wandered around a bit, stopping at few places including

ice cream (but not the funny-colored one, I had passionfruit sorbet),

a clock with the time in the sister cities,

a building with an unusual feature, a doggie water
bowl built into the left side of the entryway,

a tempting board game store,

a tempting children's bookstore,

that also sold other things.

We took a long walk out of the center of town to a shopping center and enjoyed a dinner of Indian food.

We passed lots of historic light posts, but have not learned about them.

We also saw the Zanja Trail,
"Tracing the history of the Mill Creek Zanja through Redlands."