Photo Blog of Chloe's journey to visit California's 21 missions

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Mission Santa Ines

We just finished our tour of Mission Santa Ines. It was gorgeous!

There were several displays of the clothes that the Padres wore. They even had one that was worn my Junipero Sera. They also had a huge chest that the Padres stored their clothes in. It was made of wood and there were pretty carvings in the wood. The mission had little bells in each room that you could push and a recording would come on to tell about the artifacts in that room.

The church was neat because it had the original alter and paintings on the wall above the alter. Also, in the ground before the sanctuary steps the first five Friars of the mission are buried. The church has been in constant use since it was founded.

My favorite part of this mission was its garden and location. The gardens were very pretty. When we were in the garden, the bells were rung to tell that it was 12:00. It sounded very beautiful.

Another cool thing is that a priest stopped to say hello to us. He asked me if I wanted to take a photo with him for my blog that I told him about. He also said that La Purisima is his favorite mission and gave me a book mark with a drawing of Jesus on it.

Below are some photos from this mission. I hope you like them.

Tools

Clothes chest

This was where one of the Padres was buried.

This is the foundation of the first college in California.

This is a wall that one of the Friars built when he was in an argument with someone else who lived at the mission.

These are the only original doors at the mission. They lead from the church to the garden. The wavy lines represent water.

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Mission San Luis Obispo

This mission wasn't all that great. It has a museum, but it doesn't have an old time feel like the others. Most of the buildings look new or rebuilt. There are a lot of artifacts but some things were hundreds of years newer than when it was founded. My favorite thing about this mission was the garden outside. But it didn't feel very old either. Here are the pictures we took:

These are not the original mission bells but they are still old.

Moccasins with seed beads on them.

Necklaces

The cattle brand for the mission.

Fray Junipero Sera founded 9 of the 21 missions.

Mission San Miguel

Mission San Miguel was very interesting. There were a lot of original artifacts and it was cool to see how the Salinans (Native Americans) lived. My favorite room was the kitchen because I could imagine how they made the food. It was really neat to see the original buildings.

There is green moss on top of the tiles. The tiles are made out of the same materials as the walls, but they are painted and fired to make them more sturdy.

This is in the cemetery.

We tried to go up to the bell tower but it was locked.

This is the bell tower with the three original bells. It was beautiful. The bells are still rung for ceremonies and church.

Going into the cemetery

In the church. The church at Mission San Miguel is the only one in California that still has the original paintings on the wall.

The colors they used were pretty. The turquoise was my favorite.

The wood ceiling looks weird and old.

There was something g inside the cannon.

The friars wore these kinds of robes. I like the colors.

They made the bed frame out of wood and then wove cow hydes across the top as a mattress.

This is a letter from 1797. The missionaries kept good records and they still have them today.

This is a choir book that was about 3 feet tall!

This is where the Friars wrote their letters.

This is their pantry. It goes inside of the wall.

This is where the meals were served.

This is the kitchen. There was a charcoal oven and other cooking tools.

The other side of the kitchen had a horno, which is like a oven. They would make a fire in the horno to heat it up and then they would put the fire out and put food inside to cook. It stayed hot for a long time.