Monrovia Train Depot In The Early Morning

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Car Wash And RailRoad Tracks

The back side of the Nu-Way Car Wash.

MoonCat's - Japanese Sushi Bistro

108 E Lime Ave.

A California View

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From the parking lot of the high school.

Cat Walk

A beautiful day to take the cat for a walk.  Not something you see every day.

Exit Only

Deer Park Trailhead Sign

For access to the Ben Overturff trail in Monrovia Canyon Park.

Detail On "The Oaks"

A closer look at some detail on "The Oaks', built in 1885 for William Monroe, the city's namesake and one of the city founders.

Grooves In The Rock

The grooves in this rock represent some history of Monrovia Canyon Park. When the check dams were being built and an access road needed to be created, some of the large rocks in the way needed to be blasted into smaller, more manageable sizes. The grooves are where the holes were drilled into the rock for placement of the explosive device. Then, Boom!

Please don't try this now.

Watch That First Step

Part of the parking structure at the Courtyards at Old Town construction.

A Bite To Eat

Big Mistake

There isn't an actual trail in the center of the photo leading away from the bench.  But that didn't stop at least one person from creating their own to explore what was on the other side of these plants.  Unfortunately, almost all of the green leaves here are poison oak.  Big mistake.  (Warning - link leads to photo's of rashes caused by poison oak and are not for the squeamish.)

Location, Location, Location

Even the background looks good.

Mayors At The Volunteers Recognition Luncheon

With the election two days prior, we had both the outgoing (by choice) Mayor Rob Hammond and the incoming Mayor Mary Ann Lutz joining us at the Volunteers Recognition Luncheon yesterday.

Sorry about the blurry pic, just had my cell phone with me.

Panorama - New Monrovia Public Library

Entrance - New Monrovia Public Library

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In the morning light.

Election Day In Monrovia

Today's the day to choose your new Mayor and fill two City Council seats.  Get out and vote.

Monrovia Public Library Through Trees

Happy Easter 2009

Kohl's Update - Opening Dates

The sign is up announcing the opening day(s) for the new Kohl's Monrovia.
The store will open on Sunday Sept. 27th with the Grand Opening to be held Wednesday Sept. 30th.

Henry's Market Center

Some of the fencing was taken down giving me a chance to get this photo.
It's really coming along, it used to look like this.

Henry's Market will be in the building on the left, additional stores will be on the right.

Monrovia Memorial Hospital

Monrovia's hospital (formerly the Monrovia Community Hospital) is back in business with a new name, new owner, new tenant and over 1 million dollars spent on refurbishment.

SGVTribune.com article

Train To Nowhere

This is the last of the idle train series (at least for now). 
A constant reminder of a troubled economy.  An idle train just isn't right.

Idle Train

Santa Fe

These rail cars have been in the news lately.  Due to the economy, these have been left unecessary and stored along unused track in Monrovia.  Not an ideal situation and the city is working with BNSF Railway to come up with a workable solution to any graffiti issues that come up.

Journals Of The Past: The Developer

Another one of the many signs along the Ben Overturff Trail. This one is near the top of the trail ( Twin Springs) and features William Monroe.

The New Monrovia Public Library

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Due to my work schedule, I wasn't able to make it to the dedication and open house this afternoon but I did get there early this morning to take a photo of the new library, all quiet, waiting for the first guests to arrive.

The fencing along Myrtle Ave. is down allowing a great view of the east facing front of the library. As tantalizing as the exterior is, today was the only chance to see the inside before the actual grand opening on May 16th during Monrovia Days.

FYI: It looks like I used a flash in this photo but I really didn't. There was a street light behind me to the right that cast a lot of light onto the front walkway. This is a long exposure without flash.

I would love to photograph the inside...

HDR processed version of the above photo can be seen at www.CameraCarrier.com.

Deer Park Lodge Sign

The lodge built by Ben Overturff at the end of the Ben Overturff Trail.  All that's left now is a part of the foundation.

Sawpit Dam

A distant shot of the Sawpit Dam with a good portion of Monrovia Canyon Park under all those trees.
You can barely make out the Nature Center at the far left side, middle of the photo.

The waterfall trailhead is behind the Nature Center and goes back into the canyon.  The most popular trail in the park.  Relatively easy at 3/4 of a mile (one way) and shady most of the way.

The road you see snaking along the right side of the dam leads to the Trask scout camp and to the Ben Overturff trailhead.  The section of road visible in the photo is the paved section.  It's steep and winding, far and away the worst part of the hike. It's also a private road so no parking on it or near the Ben Overturff trailhead.  It turns into a dirt road at the scout camp and more or less parallels the Ben Overturff trail.  I recommend walking up the dirt road to either the Twin Springs or Deer Park trailheads and hiking the trail back down.

City Daily Photo Theme Day: Yellow

Spotted this dandelion while out hiking on Monday.  It was right next to the trail and, since it was the only one around and bright yellow, couldn't be missed.  I think it was a theme day sign.

Be sure to visit the other City Daily Photo photographers from around the world participating in the theme day by clicking the link below:

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