Homeschool field trip #6

The day after the second power soccer tournament dad, mom, Caleryn and me went to two missions called, San Jose and San Juan. San Jose looked like a smaller Signagogue. I didn't learn much there because we didn't go over it at home beforehand, but we got to listen to a tour guide. All l learned there is that they carved all of the designs on the mission by hand! It was also home to a large number of Indians at first then monks. We tried to go into the church but they were having a funeral. Now, if we would've went to the Alamo to learn something new about it, it would've been more interesting. Now for San Juan, l learned that it was founded in 1731 by the Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order and l learned that it was named by Saint John of Capestrano. The mission was built out of mud and brush and was one of the smaller missions out of the 5 (including the Alamo). We saw behind the mission there was an aqueduct irrigation system which was used to supply water for the thousands of cattle and horses, sheep and goats that lived there. Both missions have churches that still have mass every week which I thought was pretty cool. On our way home we stopped in Luling, Tx for some of the best BBQ we've ever had. The place was smoky and not very comfortable for a power chair and high chair and we didn't even know how to order because you had to go to two differnt areas but the food was THE BEST BBQ...City Market BBQ!!