On a mission to a Mission

San Juan Bautista State Park

March 27th, 2017

A friend suggested we go and check out the Mission and State Park in San Juan Bautista. So a quick drive over there and we found free parking in the cute little historic town. We paid the $3 fee to go into the State Park area where there are several buildings. To quote from the State Park page 

"The park includes several structures built in the 1800s. The four main historic museums are the Plaza Hotel, the House/Plaza Hall, the Plaza Stables, and the Castro-Breen Adobe. Many of the interiors are furnished vignettes or colorful and informative exhibits that help create a unique learning environment for people of all ages. The park also features a blacksmith shop, the historic jail, and an early American settler’s cabin."

The mission

The stables

Outside the Zanetta House

The Zanetta House

The Mission

Right on the San Andreas fault

Gate to the graveyard

Inside the mission

I wonder how many people have walked on these flagstones. In the front of the mission church

The altar

Looking down the aisle.

The entry door

Holy water at the door

Side door

The verandah of the mission buildings

Thanks for following along. I am going to make a separate post of the State Park museum area. Stay tuned.

Oh, for Cripes Sake!!!

We came up here to Desert Hot Springs to have a 5 day break. We had heard from other RVers and Bloggers that Catalina Spa and RV Resort is really nice. I have to agree with them. It is just wonderful and the other RVers so friendly! We are in good company here, just about everyone being retired, well as far as we have seen so far. The resort is large and there are 2 pools and 2 hot spas, fed by a deep well, drawing water directly from the underground hot springs. 

Michael on the putting green

Street Scene

Street Scene

Nice site with a garden

Site 392 on "The Wall"

Street Scene

Site 392

The site opposite us

What you may not realize (unless you have stayed up here) is that we are in a very seismically active area. That translates to "we are very close to the San Andreas fault!!" So where do we go to see the fault? I went onto a site about seeing the fault, expecting to see that is several miles away. Well, folks, guess what! IT IS RIGHT IN OUR BACK YARD!! and we can walk there, just out the back wall of the resort. No wonder they put a sheet of paper into our Welcome Pack,  detailing what to do in the case of an earthquake. Yikes!! Whether or not you can actually see anything here, we will see tomorrow when we take a walk over that way.

The Green arrow points to our site, the red arrow points to the San Andreas Fault!

We took a quick drive up to VONS in the town for some groceries and then came back and went for a dip in the pool and the spa. It is wonderful. I'll take photos of the pool areas tomorrow.