After a leisurely morning, most of the caravan piled into our towed vehicles and followed our leader up into the mountains that boarder Loreto to explore the Mission San Javier. This was one of the very first missions established in Mexico to convert the local Indians to Christianity. Even though the mission was established in 1699 the church was not built until the mid 1700’s. As you can see from the pictures, it is a beautiful building. It is built in the shape of the cross, has a bell tower and a very small cemetery on one side.
The drive up here used to require four-wheel drive and could take two to three hours but since they have paved the road in the last five years, the drive was just over an hour. The route follows many of the washes that come out of the mountains, we turned on several switch backs, climbed steep hills, then descended. Once over the top and into the valley beyond we began to see some fields of crops; they were growing onions near the mission. It was a really pretty drive up and back.
Phil and Debi rode back with us to a saloon where we had some really good Texas burgers and a nice cold beer! The rest of the day was spent at the pool. Fantasy staff prepared a margarita and taco salad dinner for us starting at 4 PM! We were NOT hungry after that big lunch.
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