>> Good grief!  I have friends who live in San Juan Capistrano, and
>> I've visited them at least once a year for
>> the past ten years, but I've never been to see the Mission!  Perhaps
>> next time I should do so...
>
>They tell me that it's about the best of the remaining Spanish
>Missions. I have seen few others to compare it with but it is superb.
>A feeling of another age. Very tranquil and beautiful.

When visiting in '88 we followed the coast road from LA to SF, visiting a
number of missions along the way - along with spending the best part of a
day at Hearst Castle.

The mission that sticks in my mind is not so much the mission itself, but
rather the earthquake fault line that is about 10 feet behind the back wall
of the building. Least the building happens to be on the bit that is rising
...

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