The Mission of San Juan Capistrano, only a few miles from Laguna Beach, where we're staying, is one of the better known of the chain of Spanish missions along the California coast. It is popular thanks to the song and the legend about the swallows returning each year on St. Joseph's Day. Grace and Irene (who both like historical re-creations and living history exhibits) visited the mission today. It was a really enjoyable trip; it takes about two hours to tour the mission complex, the museum exhibits and gardens. It was interesting for us because as East Coasters, we know less than we should about the Spanish colonization of the West Coast.
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