Field Trip!

So this week in school we were learning about Father Serra & the California Missions.

Being that we do ~in fact~ live in California, guess what? We went to see a mission! ;)

Mission San Francisco Solano is the last & northern most of the 21 Missions built.

And guess what?

It's only 2 1/2 hours away so we piggy backed a field trip onto a work trip & we road tripped to Petaluma :)

Our first stop was the beach (cha!)

Happy sigh.

So pretty there.

Hey look! It's me!

There were, unfortunately, 2 problems with the beach that day. #1 - no dogs allowed. Major bummer :(
& #2 - the wind was ice cold & blowing like a freight train. It was picking up the sand & throwing at you so hard it was stinging!

So we didn't stay long at the beach. Sigh.

Next stop was the Petaluma Adobe which was general Vallejo's Ranch Headquarters.

No Pat no! Don't sit on that! (who can name that quote? C'mon. You know you know it!)

After the Adobe we went to the Mission which has such a pretty chapel. No where near as pretty as the chapel in Mission San Miguel which is my all time, very most favorite, chock full of childhood memories, mission but still very pretty :)

My husband made a special friend at the barracks. I'm pretty sure they are Facebook buddies now...

It was a good trip. We had lots of fun & learned lots of cool history. Had the best burger ever at Burger's & Vine in Sonoma (Seriously. Go there. Eat. Be happy.)

Sometimes living in California can be awesome.

Blessings.