Mission San Miguel Archangel

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The next day of our trip we visited two missions.� First, San Miguel Archangel, to the east of Hearst Castle.�� Even though it's a complicated part of California's history, I'm glad the missions were preserved (or rebuilt).��There's a tranquility...

The next day of our trip we visited two missions.� First, San Miguel Archangel, to the east of Hearst Castle.��

Even though it's a complicated part of California's history, I'm glad the missions were preserved (or rebuilt).��

There's a tranquility about them that belies the suffering that occurred long ago.��

I think with the 3 we saw on this trip, I've now been to 10 of the 21 missions.��

Hannah took this picture for me.� Notice I happen to be wearing a skirt that day.� We took a walk outside the mission, and my mom wanted a picture in front of the bell tower.��

Note we're laughing hilariously.� This is because, to get to the front of the bell tower, we had to climb over a wall.� (feeling grateful for slip shorts)�

See the tiny gap between the bell tower and the brick wall on the left?� Yeah, that's what we passed through.� I should have had the girls stand in front of the tower so you get a better idea of how high it was.��

Speaking of a lack of visual perspective, we saw 2 huge bellows on this trip.� The first was at Hearst Castle, in one of the outbuildings.� This one was big, too.� The model mission on the right gives you an idea of the size.� It was bigger than a guitar.��

I watch a lot of history documentaries.� One tidbit that struck me recently was that religious artists in the Dark Ages drew inspiration for the "Madonna & Child" paintings from the statues of the Egyptian goddess, Isis with her son, Horus.��