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Day 2: The Missionary Position
Feb. 7th, 2007 01:26 amOne of my projects for this trip is to try and get photographs of at least the facades of each of the California Missions. That's in addition to the various other pictures that I'm taking while on this trip. It's something that I've wanted to try and do ever since I did the ubiquitous sugar cube missions that every California 4th grader has to do.
So I get up this morning and decide to get my hair cut. I'm now sporting a flattop with a trimmed beard, courtesy of Rob, the dude who's been doing my hair when I've been in town for years. There's always something about a strong cub massaging your head with his hands... :) Anyway I went home and Dad was working on some waffles. His stuck to the iron, mine didn't. <grinz>
Around 12ish, I got into the car and headed into the mountains. I decided to head to the most remote site first, so after about an hour or so (including the stops to get a couple pictures of old buildings in Ramona), I ended up at Santa Ysabel Mission. The old buildings are long gone, but the parish was rebuilt in the 20's and rededicated to St John the Baptist. (Everyone, including I believe the diocese, refers to it as the Mission though.) Afterwards, I drove up and around over by Lake Henshaw, and around Palomar Mountain. I hadn't been through that area in years. Beautiful drive though.
I then arrived at San Antonio de Pala. The Pala Mission has a freestanding campanile (belltower) that is unique among the California missions. I was able to slip inside the chapel, and it was almost as if I were walking into another time. The tile on the floor was original, the paintings were bright and well cared for, and the interior of the chapel was nice and cool. After taking some pictures of the exterior, I left and continued on to San Luis Rey. San Luis Rey is the largest Mission in the chain, and was also the parent mission of Pala. (Santa Ysabel is descended from San Diego.) I got some pictures of the facade like I did with the others, but I wasn't allowed to take any photos on the inside of the church. (They treat it as a museum during the week.)
From San Luis Rey I started heading towards home. I realized that I had left the maps of North County in my bedroom and had taken the other ones, so I managed to overshoot old town Vista a little. I was able to backtrack, and got some shots of the old Vista AT&SF depot right around sunset. By the time I made it to Escondido, it was getting dark, and I decided that I'll save it for tomorrow, since I'm going to be headed north that way.
Dad and I dined at D. Z. Akin's tonight, if any of you are ever in San Diego, I highly suggest you go there. MMM!
Tomorrow, up to LA via Riverside.
So I get up this morning and decide to get my hair cut. I'm now sporting a flattop with a trimmed beard, courtesy of Rob, the dude who's been doing my hair when I've been in town for years. There's always something about a strong cub massaging your head with his hands... :) Anyway I went home and Dad was working on some waffles. His stuck to the iron, mine didn't. <grinz>
Around 12ish, I got into the car and headed into the mountains. I decided to head to the most remote site first, so after about an hour or so (including the stops to get a couple pictures of old buildings in Ramona), I ended up at Santa Ysabel Mission. The old buildings are long gone, but the parish was rebuilt in the 20's and rededicated to St John the Baptist. (Everyone, including I believe the diocese, refers to it as the Mission though.) Afterwards, I drove up and around over by Lake Henshaw, and around Palomar Mountain. I hadn't been through that area in years. Beautiful drive though.
I then arrived at San Antonio de Pala. The Pala Mission has a freestanding campanile (belltower) that is unique among the California missions. I was able to slip inside the chapel, and it was almost as if I were walking into another time. The tile on the floor was original, the paintings were bright and well cared for, and the interior of the chapel was nice and cool. After taking some pictures of the exterior, I left and continued on to San Luis Rey. San Luis Rey is the largest Mission in the chain, and was also the parent mission of Pala. (Santa Ysabel is descended from San Diego.) I got some pictures of the facade like I did with the others, but I wasn't allowed to take any photos on the inside of the church. (They treat it as a museum during the week.)
From San Luis Rey I started heading towards home. I realized that I had left the maps of North County in my bedroom and had taken the other ones, so I managed to overshoot old town Vista a little. I was able to backtrack, and got some shots of the old Vista AT&SF depot right around sunset. By the time I made it to Escondido, it was getting dark, and I decided that I'll save it for tomorrow, since I'm going to be headed north that way.
Dad and I dined at D. Z. Akin's tonight, if any of you are ever in San Diego, I highly suggest you go there. MMM!
Tomorrow, up to LA via Riverside.
