Mission Santa Ines Photos – a gallery of photos in and around the mission
Mission Santa Ines Photos – A gallery of photos taken at the mission

Mission Santa Ines Photos – A gallery of photos taken at the mission

La Purisima Mission – The only fully restored mission complex in California is a journey back in time

Mission Santa Ines – a Spanish mission around which grew a Danish town in a valley of cowboys. Photos and information about visiting here.

Lampton Cliffs Park, hard to find, but easy on the eyes once you’re there. A secluded beauty of a beach in Cambria.

Mission Solar Illumination – Recent discoveries have shown that the builders of the California Missions sited and oriented them to display the sun’s illumination on holy days.

Limekiln State Park – A beautiful beach, redwoods, creeks, history, camping and all this in Big Sur.

Mission Soledad was founded in 1791 in the Salinas Valley between Missions San Antonio and Carmel. Photos, impressions and visiting information.

A complete list of California beaches on the Central Coast, from Monterey to Point Conception, with descriptions, GPS coordinates, directions and access information.

Monarch Butterfly – Central California is the winter home to many of these beautiful butterflies. There are two main groves where they can easily be seen.

Lompoc Flower Festival – celebrating the most beautiful agricultural area in Central California