Friday, March 6, 2009

11 California Spanish Missions in 5 Days

It started in Ventura at Mission San Buenaventura.
1.
The above shot was from the courtyard.
The one under from outside walking up the sidewalk to the mission.

Next, Mission Santa Barbara. 2.
They don't call it the Queen of the Missions for nothing.
3. La Purisima Concepcion Mission
This is a State Park. It was pretty cool. Lots of animals!
4. Mission Santa Ines
It's right next to Solvang! Who knew?!
5. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
6. Mission Carmel
Also known as San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
7. Mission San Juan Bautista
This mission is right next to the San Andreas Fault!
8. Mission Santa Cruz
9. Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad
This mission had just finished mass when we got there.
10. San Antonio de Padua
We almost missed this one. It's on the grounds of Fort Hunter Liggett, an active military base.
11. San Miguel Arcangel
This one was the last one on our trip.
It received major damage in the 2003 earthquake. There wasn't much to see at this one!

2 comments:

Abigail said...

Sad thing. . .I know I've visited some of these but don't remember in the slightest which! Elementary school seems to have been a very long time ago.

Chris said...

cool guys. I've been trying to get Vicky to make an excursion like this with me for a while. We did make it to La Purisima. That one is totally authentic. Not ghetto like San Gabriel.