Road Trip 6

This is the final post about my recent road trip. This post backtracks a little and deals with a reoccurring site we saw on the coastal portion, California Missions.

Read about the California Missions here and here.

Because of our schedule, we weren't always able to go into the Mission because we arrived outside of their visiting hours. However sometime we could get pictures of the gardens through the locked gates.

Mission San Jose de Guadalupe.

Mission Santa Cruz.

Mission San Juan Bautisa.

Father Serra who founded many of the missions.

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo.

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa.

Mission La Purisima Concepcion de Maria Santisima.

Displays showing how the rooms would have looked during the Mission era.

Adobe bricks.

How the bricks are made.

MIssion Santa Barbara.

Chalk artwork in front of the church.

Father Serra again.

Distance to the next missions.

Mission San Buenaventura.

For a review of my visit to Mission San Juan Capistrano see here and here.

Mission Accomplished.

I have finally finished my painting from a plein air class at the Mission at San Juan Capistrano. I thought I had finished it but after living with the painting for a few days I decided to change some areas which just didn't look right.

'Mission Fountain' 5" x 7" Oil on Canvas.

On a Mission 2

This is part two of my visit to the Mission in San Juan Capistrano.

A path runs past the ruins of the old Church and leads to this lovely courtyard.

That courtyard leads to a small cemetery.

Next to the cemetery is a private area closed off by a locked gate.

Off the courtyard this post started with is another courtyard. Peaceful and serene. 

The first time I came across this courtyard it was full of children on a school trip. By moving on and returning later I was able to get this picture and have the space to myself for several minutes.

Inside the Mission Church.

The Church can be entered through a side door from the Mission cemetery. Exiting the church from what is actually the entrance brings you to the central courtyard and the colonnades surrounding it.

Even with as many school groups and other visitors roaming the grounds on the day I was there, it was still possible to be 'alone' on the grounds and get photographs without or with few people in them.

These are among my favourite areas of the Mission.

More next time...