Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Oceanside.1, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia


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After leaving Dillard and LA, I headed down by train to visit Myrrh and Warren and their son, Ch-chə (nicknamed after his pronunciation of the sound of a train--his favorite thing in the world at the moment). We visited the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, which was founded in 1798 (the church was built around 1812).

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It is ever so sad--the interior is being renovated, so you can only peak into the church.

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We walked around the grounds--there was an old washing area, and a cemetery and a fountain. There was also the oldest pepper tree (in the state? in the world?--wikipedia says the first Peruvian Pepper tree in California), but that part was closed off too.

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2 comments:

hopkins said...

I LOVE THE BOUGAINVILLEA

Emily Hale said...

I always panic when I forget their name. And then I just think, "Hopkins knows. I can ask her." And then I don't worry about it.