There are several Spanish missions in San Antonio with a biking path that connects them all. Next time we’re in SA I’d love to do the bike path, but this time we just drove to see 3 of the 4 (that last one is going to haunt me!) and the Alamo. Dave has told the kids about visiting the Alamo when he was a kid living in Texas and how big a deal it was in their state history. We also saw the Espada Aqueduct, which is an aqueduct built for one of the missions.
Mission San Jose is where the visitor center is and still has a church that is in use today. It is well restored so you can really get an idea of how life might have been for those who lived there.
Mission Espada also has a church on site, though the rest of the buildings/walls are mostly in ruins.
This is the top of the Espada Aqueduct. Just to the left of this is a creek that the aqueduct crosses over bridge-style. It’s very European-looking.
This is the Mission San Juan. The church here was very narrow but probably my favorite inside. The grounds made for a great photo shoot. There is also a working farm here utilized by the San Antonio Food Bank.
Dave finally returned to the Alamo. I didn’t realize until we were there that the Alamo was actually quite destroyed before the Texans used it as a shelter to (unsuccessfully) fend off the Spanish.
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