This morning we drove to Dana Point Beach from San Clemente, about 6 miles. There was a hurricane off the coast and it stirred up the Pacific so the beach was loaded with surfers and paddle boarders. Dana point beach is a beautiful beach just west of San Juan Capistrano. We stayed there all morning and got a campsite on the beach for the night. In the afternoon we drove a short distance to San Juan Capistrano and had lunch before touring the mission. The mission is where the swallows return every March 19th like clockwork. The mission is one of the oldest in California. It was established in 1776 by Spanish missionaries and it has the oldest church in California dating back to 1778. It has been mostly restored and is still an active church.
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| Panorama view of the mission quadrangle |
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| mission quadrangle |
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| Swallow nests in the eves of the mission |
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| walkway in the quadrangle |
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| Ruins of the stone church destroyed by an earthquake in 1812 |
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| rest stop in the shade it was 96 in the shade |
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| Ruins at the mission |
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| surfer dudes |
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| paddle board dudes |
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| some really good surfer dudes |
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