Samsquish is out adventuring!
2 more completed
16 months ago
I’ve just finished all the Southern Missions (San Diego through Santa Ines). Next month, we’ll hopefully finish our journey! :)
How to visit all 21 California Missions
It made me 
"Every mission has it's own unique qualities, if you love one, you need to see them all. It was an experience I'll never forget!"
How I did it: We plotted out a route and averaged 3-4 missions a day, depending on how far apart they were from the highways and each other. The missions took up our days and we had our evenings free to enjoy the nightlife of the local areas.
Lessons & tips: The missions open early in the morning, but are usually only open until the early afternoon. Make sure that you are at the first mission of the day by the time it opens (the all keep slightly different hours, so check ahead). Not all of the missions are original any longer, many have been rebuilt to "resemble" their former stature. Also be sure to check out the cities the missions are in, we had a great time going to local restaurants, shops, and attractions.
Resources: We used the internet and made some phone calls to the missions to check their hours, but the most valuable product we purchased was the "AAA Greatest Hits Maps: California Missions; Cultural Gems of the Golden State", it's even laminated! :)
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Samsquish is out adventuring!
1/3 of the way there
16 months ago
I’m hoping to hit the last (18) of them in the next two months, (2) on my way to visiting my brother in San Diego next weekend, and the remaining (16) en route to our 3rd Honeymoon in San Francisco (we take another honeymoon every year to celebrate our anniversary).
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2 years ago
9 down! Once this goal is accomplished we plan to tackle the Missions of the Baja Peninsula.
San Diego to Sonoma
3 years ago
I have been to San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo and San Juan Bautista.
Nineteen to go!
What I would truly love to do is to take a long enough vacation to just drive to San Diego, then start north and take as long as needed to see each of the missions from south to north in one long trip. I’m afraid such an undertaking would probably take at least a month. I don’t have that luxury! So, occasional day trips and even more occasional weekend or longer trips will have to suffice.
