Day 33: Redlands - a trolley good time!

We started the morning with a fantastic breakfast at Sharon and Steve Guggisberg's home. We then finalised all the details for the remainder of our trip and headed out on a tour of Redlands on the Braswells Trolley.


Curtiss Allen was an excellent tour guide who knew everything there is to know about historic Redlands.

We visited a number of historic places including a number of churches, the University of Redlands, an orange grove (one of the few left in Redlands), the A.K. Smiley Library, and the Lincoln Memorial Shrine.


We then headed to the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) for lunch and a tour and information session about the company which produces Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Finally we toured Kimberly Crest - a picturesque French chateau style home built in 1897 and owned by by J. Alfred Kimberly (a co-founder of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation) and Helen Cheney Kimberly in 1905. Their widowed daughter, Mary Kimberly Shirk, lived in the home from 1920 until her death in 1979 and she donated the home and grounds to the people of Redlands.

We then relaxed with some fantastic wine and cheese (thanks Mike!) before heading home with our host families.

Thanks to everyone who came on the tour today, Curtiss (our great tour guide), Steve (our great driver), Sharon, Susan, and Cheryl.