This past weekend was a good opportunity to visit San Juan Capistrano and San Diego. I’m not sure if it was good or bad planning, but we ended up touring the old mission at San Juan Capistrano the weekend before the return of the swallows. We missed the crowds, but also the birds. (I think I saw one swallow, but I’m not 100% sure.) You can see more photos from our California adventures in my California photos web gallery.
The photo above is a stitched panorama showing an extreme wide angle view of the original church. Construction was started in 1797, but it was mostly destroyed from a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in 1800.
