Today we spent shopping for food and getting the lay of the area. Below is a photo of the Wyndham Oceanside Pier Resort where we are spending the week.
Here's why they call it the Oceanside Pier Resort. This is a photo out the front of the resort. Last night we walked out to the end. It is a quarter of a mile to the restaurant at the end. Lots of folks just walking or fishing.
This is a photo looking north from our condo. Today Cheryl and I walked up to the harbor that is just past the jetty in the distance. Tomorrow we'll go the other direction.
These are some cute rental cottages we walked by. They look out over the beach.
After a trip to Costco for food etc., we drove over to Mission Del Rey. I believe it was built in 1798. The tour lady told us that they were not allowed to have church services there anymore because it is not up to earthquake standards. I pointed out that it had stood over 200 years without damage. She said that several people had mentioned that to the earthquake commission but they were not convinced. Gotta love a bureaucracy.
These are the stairs that lead down to the mission laundry area. This mission was walled and provided refuge and living space for the local indians. There was a barracks and a small detachment of Spanish soldiers in residence there. 
This is the ancient laundry area. Water would flow from the gargoyle into the bottom, where the ladies would wash their clothes.
That's it for today. Tomorrow we hope to go over to Mission San Jaun Capistrano and see if the swallows made it back yet.
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3 comments:
I'm so glad you are enjoying a vacation AND blogging again! The laundry facility at the mission is pretty well designed, but I'm thankful for my automatic washer & dryer!
I wish I could be there too! Those pictures look really pretty!!! I wonder what the sunset looks like!
While us poor soles have to endure Soggy Oregon, you have to tease us with Sunny Pictures ;-(
Have a good time and don't think of us who have to work the helpdesk!
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