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photo by Donald Kinney
As you might be able to tell, I've been on the trail of some of the California missions recently... And although I lived not too far from San Juan Bautista and visited several times when I was a kid, it wasn't until Plug1 did two posts on Mission San Juan Bautista -- one here and one here -- that I got inspired to visit again after all these years.
The place looks just like it did when I was a kid, but what struck me was the peacefulness of the area. Just farmland and rolling hills, a sleepy town and an old historic mission -- all very quiet...
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photo by Donald Kinney
If you're looking for earthquakes, San Juan Bautista and nearby Hollister have more than their share! You would think that earthquakes would be a problem for a mission built out of mud-and-straw adobe, but they make the walls very thick, and instead of falling down the walls just realign themselves during a large quake...
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photo by Donald Kinney
ANNOUNCEMENT:
I've added a new set of California Missions (so far: Sonoma, Dolores S.F., San Juan Bautista, and San Rafael) to what I call my "big" site over at:
www.photoarrow.com/big/20/20californiamissions.html
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Your comments are invited and welcome.
3 comments:
I love the top photo of the arches. I can look at that and "make" those bricks into water reflections. Beautiful edifice!
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