Never visited the Mission before, so it seemed like a good reason to snap a few photos. The Mission was more interesting than expected, and larger than it looked from outside the perimeter walls. They give you a player and head phones so you know what you’re looking at.
Mission Chapel
  
The Mission was founded in 1776. Constructed a few years later, the Mission Chapel is the oldest building in California that’s still in use.
 
Built about 20 years later, the Great Church was leveled during the first Sunday service by a 7.0 earthquake, killing 40. (How do they know the size of an earthquake that happened 200 years ago)? They constructed the Great church from large sandstone blocks…probably not the best building material. You could probably carve it with a spoon.                 
 
 
This wall was built the year after the earthquake. They recovered the bells from the rubble of the Great Church bell tower.  

   Koi pond in the main court-yard.

 I took a lot of pictures of the Koi. This is the pose I wanted, like a Japanese water-color. Only one fish would coöperate.

Well, that wasn’t as boring as I imagined, but I had the added benefit of doing something I enjoy…photography.