Thursday, July 9, 2015

A Road Trip of California Missions

Bell tower of Mission San Miguel.
My best friend Chinchih inside Mission San Miguel. She's my real life patron saint of the road trip.
Mission Santa Ines. The statue brightly lit on the altar is Saint Agnes, patron saint of the Mission.
Our Lady of the Journey. It took me a while to realize "Our Lady of X" are different versions of Virgin Mary.
Among all the Missions I have visited, Mission Santa Ines has the most beautiful garden. It feels almost like Filoli.
A corner of the Mission garden.
It was a hot day and the garden felt like a paradise.
Mission La Purisima Concepcion. We were impressed by the giant cottonwood tree in front of the Mission.
Unlike other Missions, part of the Mission walls are painted in rose color.

It had already past the closing time (5pm), but the very nice park ranger gave us a few more minutes to take photos. 



Last stop, Mission San Luis Obispo.
Mission San Luis Obispo has a very unusual L shaped building structure.
Look at the other side of the Mission. The altar is at the junction of the L shaped structure.
Life size porcelain Pieta in the Mission. 
Santa Rita, patron saint of Impossible Causes.