For some reason, last week I suddenly developed an urge to visit San Juan Bautista, so after I got my D200 back from the sensor cleanup, I drove to this small town.My last visit to it was in 1994, more than 10 years ago. It was a bad time, US economy hadn't fully recovered from the 1991 recession. This time, the town looked even more rundown. A lot of stores had the for sale signs on the windows; some were already empty. It was Sunday afternoon and the only places which had any activities were the old Mission and the bars.
I barely had time to walk around the Mission when a cop came and asked us to leave because there would be a helicopter landing soon. (What is a helicopter doing here?) Anyway, here are some photos I snapped before the helicopter curtailed my trip.
Photo 1. Does this bell tower looks familiar? Yes, it had appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo", where the mysterious woman Kim Novak played committed suicide by jumping from the top of it.
Photo 2. The settler's cabin near the Mission, looks very spooky inside.
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