The 11th mission in the series, La Purisima Mission is interesting in that is no longer owned or operated by the Catholic Church. Even though all the missions were deeded back to the Catholic church in 1865 by President Lincoln … Continue reading →
The Santa Barbara Mission is the 10th mission in the California series and is known as the “Queen of the Missions”. This mission is probably the most active Catholic missions out of all of the missions I have visited so … Continue reading →
With it’s mediterranean climate Santa Barbara is an ideal place to go when you want to escape the winter cold. With that in mind we went there on Christmas Eve. We visited Santa Barbara to see the mission, but we … Continue reading →
We are at Hearst Castle. AJ did the treasure hunt and got a foam puzzle box. If you are interested in the treasure hunt you start in the museum. It is free and will take you throughout the visitor center … Continue reading →
Look! It’s a national landmark!! See the sign tells you so! You must go, go now and spend lots of money on sales taxable items! Just kidding, except for the part about the Mission Inn being a national landmark. Not … Continue reading →
Ok, so you want to be the outdoor type of person, but you know you couldn’t put two twigs together to save your live. Have no fear! Rancho Jurupa is here!! Ok, that was cheesy, but I will say that … Continue reading →
Being so close to San Diego one might think that the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (King of France) was the second of the California missions. This is of course not so. The San Luis Rey Mission is actually … Continue reading →
As the sign will promptly tell you California’s first mission was established by Father Juan Junipero Sierra on July 16, 1769. Although, to truly understand this mission you have to go back to 1542. This was when Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo … Continue reading →
When talking about the San Juan Capistrano Mission there are so many places for me to start writing. I am not a Catholic, but I will say there is something special to me when I think of the California … Continue reading →
Recently we went to visit Denise’s brother in Los Angeles. The main point of our visit was to see our new nephew Jonah, but there is only so much time you can stare at a baby so we decided to … Continue reading →
