On our way back home from our recent Jackman family renunion we visited Asistencia Santa Ysabel. Having visited all of the original California missions I felt compelled to stop and visit the Asistencia. Starting in San Diego in 1769, the … Continue reading
The Last One! “We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives.” – Junipero Sierra Driving … Continue reading
Leaving the Carmel Mission we headed north to Santa Cruz. On arriving to Santa Cruz Denise declared that Santa Cruz was not a city she would want to live in. This struck me as odd because Santa Cruz to me … Continue reading
Mission Carmel Our plan was to hit three missions all in on day. The missions are about 30 miles apart from each other and they all are open usually from 10am-5pm. We decides thar that out of the three remaining … Continue reading
Due to the vast greatness of the San Francisco bay the Santa Clara Mission was ordered to be established as soon as feasibly possible. Founded in 1777, the story goes that the natives at the site were friendly but a … Continue reading
San Francisco Show Me Your Bay Travelers making their pilgrimage today to the California missions have the great benefit of traveling on highway 101. Occasional glimpses of the varying terrain gives a brief visual clue as to what it was … Continue reading
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
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