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When you go looking for Mission San Rafael you going to see this big beautiful church and you are going to say to yourself “Oh, the mission is so beautiful!” AND you will be wrong because what you are seeing … Continue reading
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While traveling in Arizona this weekend I had a chance to go to McDonalds. Doesn’t sound very extraordinary but lately due to personal budget cuts I haven’t really gone out to eat much. Not that I think that I have … Continue reading
Now that we no longer have Disneyland annual passes we have what we consider a very nice weekend budget. On it’s own it allows us to a lot of fun things, but we are in general still pretty modest in … Continue reading
AJ got his first carved pumpkin today. It was a rather interesting experience. AJ was really excited about getting the pumpkin. Thanks to a book called the Lumpy Pumpkin AJ picked out the smallest pumpkin he could find. He was … Continue reading
I don’t have much to say today but I wanted to brag about getting a hole in one at Scandia. I got some Scandia mini golf tickets through United Way and so we used them today. Anyhow, at the end … Continue reading
The main reason for the missions was to create a path in which the Spanish government could easily resupply their colonists and manage their expansive frontier from the many encroachments of other nations. Knowing this the missions were built not … Continue reading
In the scope of missions there are big missions and small missions, Soledad fits into that small category. Going to Mission Soledad it was funny how close it was to the 101 highway, but how far you had to drive … Continue reading
When you first get off highway 101 to go to Mission San Antonio de Padua there are signs, but you start to wonder if you are heading in the right direction (wouldn’t be the first time that a sign steered me in the wrong … Continue reading
Lately I have had this dream of owning a home. Not to own a mortgage, to own a home. I think if I were to truly analyze my dream it would be to totally debt free. I am not sure … Continue reading
If I had to give San Miguel a name it would have to be that of “The Crumbly One.” The sounds bad but it actually makes San Miguel rather unique. Unlike all of the other California 21 missions, San Miguel … Continue reading