Pictures of the Inland Empire (Santa Ana, Riverside: buying a home, buying, earthquakes)

[Duster1]

This may have already been said but some of these should be loaded on Google Earth. Great job.

[BlueyedCat]

Chuck, thank you for all the beautiful pictures. We Moved from California a little over a year ago and we really miss it. We are in the process of trying to transfer back. These pictures are great. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Those of us that are displaced enjoy looking at these until we can get back.

[Twinkle Toes]

Originally Posted by TRlXIE

Is anyone here from Beaumont, Ca.? I live in a near by city and I just saw a clothing consignment shop on downtown 6th street. Just wondering if anyone has shopped there yet. Looks like they had some really nice clothes on a couple of dummies in front of the store.

Hey now! Don't be calling me and my friend a couple of dummies!!!

[Twinkle Toes]

Originally Posted by IloveOC

Does anyone have pictures of La Quinta or the area around it? I was doing some research on that area and it looks like a beautiful area from what I found on a google search. I am wondering if everything is still so green in the dry hot part of summer? I imagine they keep the golf courses very green. I have been away from Southern California for many many years and don't know the status of watering or watering bans.

Thanks.

Yes, even during summer our area is still green.

[LASam]

Damn! Those photos of the IE are beautiful! I need to get out there and do some exploring...

[Twinkle Toes]

Would it be okay if (when I get my act together - need to figure out HOW to post pics) I posted pics of the Coachella Valley? We're so close to the IE (I drive into the IE almost every day) that it seems like we may need some pics of my area.

[chuck22b]

Originally Posted by Twinkle Toes

Would it be okay if (when I get my act together - need to figure out HOW to post pics) I posted pics of the Coachella Valley? We're so close to the IE (I drive into the IE almost every day) that it seems like we may need some pics of my area.

In most definitions, some would say the Coachella Valley is part of the IE... but even if not so, of course your welcome to post pics!

The Coachella Valley is a beautiful place and I would think a lot of people would like to see pictures of the area. The date and citrus farms, the golf course oasis, mountains, hot springs, joshua tree, living desert, Salton sea ... man, the memories...

take care!
chuck22b

[cali-grown]

Here's a pic of the Salton Sea with the Santa Rosa Mts in the background.

Can't seem to figure out how to put it in the body of the post, sorry.

[IloveOC]

Thanks for the photo. We used to go there back in the early '60's.

If anyone has any old photo's taken there I would love to see them. I don't really remember much about that area. We got an old parachute type thing to put up for a cover from the sun. One weekend the temp's were so high that we would go into the water to cool off - but the water was like bath water - so then we would have to get out to let the wind cool us off. Then 5 minutes later back in...We all got horrible sun burns and had to go home early. There were dead fish floating everywhere and we couldn't keep our dog from rolling in them. There were other weekends that were great tho.

One weekend someone jumped their boat out of the water and it flipped. I don't remember all the details or if anyone got hurt. Since we were kids then, we thought all the partying was pretty cool.

[DjRey]

Originally Posted by Mr. America

stupid idiots...starting fight over skin color...
but hey whatcya gonna do...two of the most agressive races in the world....

don't get it wrong, I don't hate on 'em.
I mean..I love hip hop/rap and have idols in this music that are black...

These race issues are always going on in Southern CA. This never tend to happen in the the East Coast, or Bay Area. They need to quit that s***, and get it together. It's 2009..Southern CA has no excuses for that.