LH - Ogden Point Breakwater

Located in Victoria within walking distance of where we stayed, the Ogden Point Breakwater is a popular walk of 2500 feet along the rubble mound breakwater that is capped with concrete blocks and a concrete superstructure.  The lighthouse at the end was completed in 1916.

In 2009 the Unity Mural was painted on both sides of the breakwater.  It is the largest mural in Canada

The Mural

 Ogden Point Breakwater Lighthouse

 

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Lighthouse Friends Ogden Point Breakwater

Mission - San José

Mission San José was founded on June 11, 1797 by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen on a site which was part of a natural highway by way of the Livermore Valley to the San Joaquin Valley.

It was the fourteenth of the 21 Spanish Missions that were established in Alta California.

The current church which was rebuilt in 1985 and is an authentic replica of the original, that had been destroyed by 1868.

This statue of San Antonio de Padua was salvaged from the rubble after the church was destroyed in an  1868 earthquake, reportedly by a child.  It was returned to the mission during the 1985 restoration.

 

Every mission that I have visited has unique displays and Mission San Jose is no exception.  One room was filled with maps and information about the Ohlone in the area.

In addition to artifacts from the mission,  there is  large collection of paintings and models of the mission.  You will find documents having to do with the property.  There are also a number of maps of the mission system. 

 

Walking through a graveyard, filled mainly with Hispanic names, I happened on one that couldn't help but catch my attention.

 

Mission San José 43300 Mission Blvd. Fremont

Mission San José - Wikipedia

California Mission Foundation - San José

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NM - Statue of Liberty

In 2000 we took a trip to New York at Christmas time.  One of our days was spent traveling to and climbing the statue of liberty.  

Statue of Liberty National Monument

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This year's Christmas project not only provides "wrapping" for family presents.  It also became this year's Christmas card.