San Juan Capistrano
Travel Blogs from San Juan Capistrano, United States
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whew. hectic, hectic.
Five hours and counting until my departure to LAX and don't worry because my room and packing are both at a point that they should have been a week ago. Needless to say, I have been running around frantic all day trying to get my life (what's new) in ...
dazed and confused
Surreal. So I am back in Cali for a week and I don't even know what to think or do. It feels like I was just airlifted out of Thailand and dropped in Orange County...well besides the fact that it took 18 hours of flying to get here and there was no ...
San Juan Capistrano
... I am such a conformist. San Diego is about 2 hours south of Los Angeles. Half way to San Diego is Mission San Juan Capistrano. It is the mission that is famous for swallows returning every March. It is also one of the earlier missions ...
T-minus 13 days
... flying. I have taken this last week off of work so that I can attempt to get my life together and everything ready here in the States so that I can take off for a year. I finally got my backpack today (aka my best friend for the next year) and I am ...
What in the world is happening to James?
Hi friends, We are blogging again! It feels really strange to be doing it from home. We wanted to update you about how James is doing health-wise. We went to a great rheumatologist today down here in Southern California and he confirmed the diagnosis ...
Back to Cali
As it was brought to my attention awhile ago, my travel blogs just stopped without any ending or explanation. So here I am to tie up the loose ends with this last entry. I returned to California 3 weeks ago and am now living with my parents and looking ...
American Ruins
Colleen and I stopped at the San Juan Capistrano Mission for an hour or so and took an audio tour. I didn't know exactly what was located here, but I wanted to check it out. I was amazed at the beauty of the early Catholic Mission that dates back to ...
Mission San Juan Capistrano
... to visit a California mission for her 4th Grade mission school project. So we went to the quaint little town of San Juan Capistrano to visit the mission there. It's a beautiful mission with many things to see...several buildings. We saw the area ...
Petting Zoo
... at the Jones Family Mini-Farm (now it's called Zoomars). It is located in the Los Rios Historic District of San Juan Capistrano, California's oldest residential neighborhood. We had a great time petting all of the animals, riding the train, and almost ...
Lunch & Shopping in San Juan Capistrano
We liked the town of San Juan Capistrano so much when we visited the mission for DD's school project, that we decided to come back (just DH and I) to have lunch and shop. We ate lunch at a fabulous restaurant, L'Hirondelle. Then we had a great day ...
Where are the Sparrows?
Today we travelled to San Diego. On the way we looked at the historic Mission San Juan Capistrano. It was one of a string of missions set up by the Spanish along the California coast during the 1700's. And, yes, it is the place the sparrows are meant ...
Almost time.....
As usual, the night before a trip and I cannot sleep. Everything but this compter is packed, but I still feel like I am forgetting something. Gracye is stuck like glue to me. She is not going to be happy that I am gone for so ...
Getting Ready
Getting asked to drop everything and go somewhere would not bother me at all… normally. But I am being asked to go to Belgium. As in that little country across the pond… I am always up for a challenge, hence my trip to an EO plant ...
Mission San Juan Capistrano
... needed to visit a California mission for her 4th Grade mission school project. So we went to the quaint little town of San Juan Capistrano to visit the mission there. It's a beautiful mission with many things to see...several buildings. We saw the area ...
D-Day Minus 7
I am only 7 days away from the trip of a lifetime. I have started packing and loading up my iTouch. I've been to AAA and gotten maps. I've set up a new e-mail account and I have set up this blog. The excitement is building on my ...
Few Last Minute Thoughts
D-Day is here! I have about 10 minutes to kill before I need to start getting ready, so I thought I'd jot down a few notes. If they come out a little jumbled, I apologize in advance. I was up before my alarm went off at 6:30 yesterday, but ...
day 11
0957 » oops, forgot to write yesterday. anyways, we went to mission san juan capistrano and dana point. it was fun. 0957 » hups, unohin kirjottaa eile. no kuiteki, käytii mission san juan capistranossa ja dana pointissa. oli hauskaa. ...
Visit the McDowell's
I left Steve and Martha's, and headed down to San Juan Capistrano to visit my great old friend Sean McDowell from Julian. We hadn't seen each other in years, not since his wedding in 1999. I went to the school where he is a teacher, and walked ...
Kick start to American Roadtrip 2007
Picked up my car at the VW dealership in San Juan Capistrano straight from Orange County Airport. I leased an '05 GTi from here a few years ago, so I was able swing a rental deal for a new '07 Passat. I can't fully explain my deep love for VDubs, but my ...
D-Day Minus 2.5 Days
I know I should be sleeping, but I am too wound up. Too much to do before I leave. If you know me at all, you know what a workaholic I am. I am taking a break from preparing for tomorrow safety committee meeting to jot down a few notes on my ...
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