As I mentioned in the Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer post, there have long been stories of…
There have long been stories of two “lost” Missions in California and in the last few decades these have been…
In 2010, when I first visited Mission San Buenaventura, there was a Sunday mass in progress so I didn’t get…
And, now a blast from the past that was never written about (but completes our Mission journeys in California): the…
There’s hardly a person alive who doesn’t know Bob Hope or the impact he had on the entertainment industry. He…
Nicknamed the Mission of the Valley, this is the 17th Mission in the chain and the 8th founded by Father…
In Grade 4 in California, students learn about the Mission trail… January to be exact. How do I know this?…
In the Mission / Presidio chain, the Presidio de San Francisco (1776) comes 9th and is the 3rd of four…
These photos are old. We originally visited the Presidio in Monterey in March 2013… but the photos never made it…
Our journey to San Luis Obispo in July was for the sole purpose of completing the NorCal Mission Quest. Mission…
Mission San Francisco de Solano was the last Mission in the chain (1823) and also the most northernly built. By…
El Presidio de Sonoma (1810) came after Mexican Independence and was the last presidio built in California. It was built…