San Diego 2017 Day Three

Wednesday 23 March was Beck's birthday. We drove north to Oceanside, made a quick stop at Target for some birthday wrapping supplies, and then visited the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, named for Louis IX of France. Apparently he was a very charitable person right from childhood and is more or less an honorary member of the Franciscan Order that founded the mission. He was sainted and became Saint Louis in 1297. The mission has been wonderfully restored including some work done by the Mormon Battalion when they camped there. Lunch was delicious fish and chips at the Oceanside harbor. The afternoon was filled with birthday presents, fun and games, a quick visit to the park by the bay, and dinner was Chinese take away at the Airbnb. In lieu of a birthday cake we celebrated Beck's birthday with doughnuts.

 Rain in the night, but a beautiful day followed

 Dickie doing his thing

 The church

 Crossing and dome

 I do love the candles

 Finn in his place

 That is San Luis

 A fine little classical cupola lights the crossing

 The Franciscans were good designers

 The crew

 El Camino Real

 Wisteria in bloom over the door

 Citrus and flowers

 I love arcades

 Checking the map

 Oldest pepper tree in California

 The lavandaria gate

 Oceanside Harbor

 Harbor Fish and Chips, Oceanside

 The Youngsters

 These were DELICIOUS!

 Seven freakin' years old

 Nice response

 A bit of park time

 What? It was windy at the park

 Chinese take away from the Mandarin Wok

 Such a happy day for this man

Doughnuts instead of cake

A fun day and there is still more to follow. This is all for now.

OXO

D.