Mission La Purisima Concepción is #11 (1787) and a working, thriving Mission.…
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Mission San Miguel
San Miguel is #16 in the Mission chain (1797) and was built…
Mission San Antonio de Padua
Mission San Antonio is off the beaten path. It’s #3 in the…
Mission Soledad
We ended up visiting this Mission twice… because it was closed during…
Mission San Rafael Arcangel
For this 4th of July, we are doing a road trip from…
San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo Mission
Mission San Diego de Alcalá was the first Mission built in 1769;…
Mission Santa Cruz
The drive to this Mission is more of an adventurous than the…
Mission San Juan Bautista
Founded on June 24, 1797, Mission San Juan Bautista is number 15…
Mission Dolores — San Francisco’s Beginnings
It’s not really planned, but we seem to find ourselves somewhere interesting…
Mission San Jose
Peppered around the Internet and in historical documentation is Mission San Jose,…
Mission Santa Clara de Asis
Mission Santa Clara de Asis was founded on January 12, 1777 and…
Of Hummingbirds and Lizards
Lavanderias — Indian laundries — where Indians washed clothes every week water…