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One of the main events on our Christmas vacation was a trip to visit Hearst Castle. This is not the first time we have visited Hearst Castle. We have been there many times, but if you have been there once … Continue reading
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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
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
Happy Halloween everyone! Hope you had a good day today. Actually, today we didn’t do much, we actually celebrated Halloween on Saturday. That was when our church had a Trunk-or-Treat Party. Basically, it is like regular trick or treating but … Continue reading