Friday, February 26, 2010

REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION & LIBRARY (PART 2)

Before we traveled to the library, I looked up Simi Valley on the internet to see if there were any other places of note to visit while at the library. According to the Simi Valley Tourism Bureau, other notable Simi Valley-adjacent places include...



Today's installment of our trip will focus on the outer grounds of the library.
Lawn... Of... Fortune!


The Reagan Library is a natural habitat for rattlesnakes.
(Hm... is Lee Atwater buried here too?)




The President is buried in this mausoleum. 
There are cameras trained on the grave 24 hours a day which makes me wonder — do they expect Zombie Reagan to make a break for it one day?

Here's a slice of the Berlin Wall. Unfortunately it looks like some taggers got to it.

Also outside is the Peace Plaza...

...where an U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat sits... peacefully.