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

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San Benito Thousand Trails Preserve

San Benito Resort

March 26th to 30th

We stayed at San Benito as a jumping off point for a couple of day trips. The park is very natural and peaceful. We were lucky to get a full hookup site as there was overflow from some other Thousand Trails parks that have been closed by the storms that swept through over the winter.

Here are some photos taken around the park. 

The front gate

The Family Rec Center. Free wifi there.

There we are!

Store

This area had not been mowed yet. Only a few campers here as it is electric and water only.

We stopped by the adult pool one evening. It was full of kids.

Timmy taunting the Bobcats.

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A night in a winery

A winery somewhere in California.

March 21st, 2017

We have a membership in Harvest Hosts, which allows us to stay in Wineries, Farms and Orchards all over North America.  We are not obliged to buy anything but we do like to go into the tasting room and if we find a wine we really like, we will purchase a bottle or two. If you decide to join up, please add our email (michaeldaryl@gmail.com) as your referral. Then we both get an extra month added.

The directory lists all the places that allow us to stay overnight. so we picked one that was about 2 hours from Flying Flags and what a good overnight stop it was. we were one of two RVs that stayed overnight.

The weather report was predicting rain so the winery staff told us to park on a paved area so that we did not get stuck in the field where overnighters usually stay.

We went into the tasting room and enjoyed sampling their fine wines and ended up buying a couple of bottles. There was a great atmosphere in the room as there were about 10 other people tasting wines. 

Here are my pictures of our overnight stay. I cannot give the name of the winery because it is protected under the Harvest Host organization so that only members can know which wineries are a part of their membership.

A very artistic barbecue area with some pretty fancy rock and brick work and beautiful hand hewn tables and benches.

Next to the vineyard and the warehouses

Our neighbors had a toy hauler trailer for their 3 Weimaraner show dogs. 

The front verandah at the Tasting Room

Very happy buzz inside

Come on along, Lots of room for more tasters

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