4.13.2012

California Missions Trip


California Missions Trip

April 2nd through April 7th 2012




Sunday We drove from SLC to Las Vegas after General Conference!

 
MondayWe made the long Drive from Las Vegas to San Diego.  We made a Visit to the Mormon Battalion Visitors Center and it was fun to find ancestors who share our name!
 We walked down the street to Fiesta de Reyes, an outside Mexican restaurant complete with shops surrounding the tables. Carter and I walked around and when I saw the flamenco dancers I felt like I was back in Mexico City!! I impressed everyone and ordered in spanish haha I can read it so well and my accent is great!



Tuesday San Diego.  Visit Mission San Diego de Alcala and museums in Balboa Park.  
Today was the craziest most busy day! We went to the Mission San Diego de Alcala and a children’s science museum.

 After lunch at the famous Coronado island  we went to Balboa Park right on the beach and had a blast there! We went on this sky climb ropes course and rock climbing, then laser tag and a laser maze just like in Mission Impossible! It was so fun to dodge the lasers and crawl through it like a spy.

Wednesday – Travel north to Ventura, driving by Mission San Luis Rey and visiting San Juan Capistrano.  We went and saw the movie Mirror Mirror and it was actually pretty funny, well written with clever jokes.

Thursday – Travel north to Paso Robles, visiting missions La Purisima and San Luis Obispo along the way.  Our tour guide for La Purisima let us go into all the roped off areas and even let us ring the bells that haven’t been used in ages!


Friday – Travel north to San Francisco stopping at missions San Carlos Borromco and San Juan Bautista along the way.  We went to Pier 39 and ate at Bubba Gumps right on the water front! We saw Alcatraz in the distance and watched the sun set by the Californian Seals. It was wonderful!

Saturday – Return home after visiting mission San Francisco de Asis and the final mission in Sonoma . The drive home was fun cause we were all so hyper to get out of the car! Haha it was an amazing trip and I’m so lucky to be able to come along and learn so much about the California Missions!

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