Mission Espada San Antonio

Today, Roger, Lois and I went to visit the Missions of San Antonio. We had such a beautiful day, with temperatures up to 28 degrees (80's). The weather here is funny – cold one day, and hot the next. Jason, our guide yesterday, said they have one season here – summer – and their average temperature is 60 degrees. He said people …

Day 2 -- San Antonio Mission Trail Today, we had to balance work (oil change and post-office errands) with vacation (San Antonio mission trail). Fortunately, there was a post office a block from our hotel, and we found a Walmart right along our trail. ...

... between the Missions San Jun and Espada, notice the art creations "Makin Hay at the Mission" were truly unique! . Mission San Francisco de la Espada is smaller than the others.  The Brother of the mission really has a green thumb; the flowers ...

... for the rest of San Antonio's Missions, http://www.nps.gov/saan/, which were established by Spanish Franciscan friars along San Antonio River on their mission to convert the natives. Yes, we are on a mission to visit many miles of missions. Our first is ...

DAY 16-We visited 4 old missions along Mission Trail (south San Antonio)-Mission Concepcion, San Jose Mission, Mission San Juan, and Mission Espada.  They are all active Catholic churches, in the Diocese.  The missions were built in the late ...

... fun and very educational. - if you are a history or architecture buff and you are out this way you have to do this. The alamo is the most famous of the spanish missions on the trail but it is not at the most beautiful. I liked mission espada the ...