April 22, 2020
Mission Santa Ines
This mission was the first in my quest to see three missions in one day. I'd been to Solvang, a town founded by Danish immigrants back in the early 1900's, several times but was unaware that there was a mission at the edge of town. So, I made plans for a trip to hit 3 missions(Santa Ines, La Purisima, and Santa Barbara) as well as a shot re-visit to Solvang.
Mission Santa Ines was founded in 1804 as a mission to occupy the midpoint between Mission Santa Barbara and the La Purisima Mission(near Lompoc), in the furtile Santa Ynez Valley. It also hosted a seminary making it the first institution of higher learning in the State of California(then Alta California).
Read MoreThis mission was the first in my quest to see three missions in one day. I'd been to Solvang, a town founded by Danish immigrants back in the early 1900's, several times but was unaware that there was a mission at the edge of town. So, I made plans for a trip to hit 3 missions(Santa Ines, La Purisima, and Santa Barbara) as well as a shot re-visit to Solvang.
Mission Santa Ines was founded in 1804 as a mission to occupy the midpoint between Mission Santa Barbara and the La Purisima Mission(near Lompoc), in the furtile Santa Ynez Valley. It also hosted a seminary making it the first institution of higher learning in the State of California(then Alta California).
