We have been to every mission in California and tok pictures of every mission except this one... until now. The reason that we failed to take photographs before was that Mission San Juan Capistrano was being renovated and it was just too crowded.
This time the reconstruction was done and while it was still pretty crowded, it was not nearly as bad as it could be.
I must say, the mission is really impressive. They made a good job at restoration. I especially liked the old walls and a niche that they left just like it was. The church was rebuilt. There was also a garden and even vegetable patch where they grow all kinds of greens.
There are also traditional arches on the porch and a very good museum scattered all over the mission showing what it was in the early day of missionaries and Indians.
This mission is very well worth visiting. It's a wonderful historic site. Considering it is in the middle of a metropolis right between los Angeles and San Diego it's wonder to see it preserved.
