One day I took Janice and Dean and Patti and drove the Mission Trail. This is the site along the San Antonio River at which these missions were built. It extends for several miles. There are five including the Alamo. They are located south of the city proper and are in various stages of restoration. All four of the churches are quite impressive and masses are held regularly.
You can also book them for baptisms and weddings, etc. The missions all were built as compounds with walls, quarters, granaries, etc. They are definitely worth a visit. They are not generally crowded. It is one of the most impressive and inspirational visits I have made to an "attraction" and it is free. It is not a tourist trap, but remnants of life long ago.
We left San Antonio this morning and arrived in Victoria, Texas, around noon.
We had planned on going to Corpus Christi, but our experience with spring breakers in San Antonio convinced us we didn't want to chance running into crowds out on the Gulf.We plan to be here until Monday when we should get our mail.
(Bailey takes time to smell the roses.)
2 comments:
You should consider going to Canada in the summer. Beautiful country. We're from Ottawa, Ontario and it is the most beautiful city in the summer. But definitely stay away from it in the winter. BRRRRR!
Sandra
Thanks for the suggestion, Sandra. We had already planned tentatively on spending some time in Canada this summer. Hubby used to do business in Ontario and has some business associates he would like to meet up with again.
Dale
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