Our Trip to Mission San Juan Capistrano! Mrs. Rogers’ 4th grade class Feb. 6, 2013

Our guide, Brandon, told us important information like don’t touch the walls because they’re over 200 years old.

Our docent, Miss Karen, had puppets of a padre, a soldier, King Carlo III of Spain, and an Indian.

This is an original wall. You can see the adobe. You can’t touch it or you might damage it.

This is the dining room in the hotel part of the mission. This is where the padres and guests would eat.

This is part of a bedroom where a padre or guest would stay. The padres’ beds were made of rope with a blanket over it. They used a chamber pot at night because the bathroom was too far away in the dark.

They made the roof of wood and tule reeds. The reeds would catch on fire, so they switched to tile roofs like they had in Spain.

The Indians and padres would cook in the kitchen. They ate corn, fruits, vegetables, meat, and other things they grew at the mission.

Wood was used to light the cooking fire so they kept some in the kitchen. They made some of their baskets, plates, and bowls.

These bells are over 200 years old and fell in an earthquake. They don’t ring them, and people aren’t supposed to touch them. Miss Karen let us touch them as a special privilege.

These are grinding stones that the Indian women would use to grind corn, acorns, or other nuts or grains.

These are members of the Acjachemen, or Juaneno, tribe that lived in the area. They brought baskets, toys, musical instruments, and other things made from animal bone or horn or fur and grasses or reeds.

These bells are over 200 years old. The two small ones are too fragile to ring, but they rang the two big ones for a funeral while we were there.

Miss Karen said the cows they had at the mission were black. This animal hide could be used for clothing, blankets, or furniture.

This part of the mission was damaged in an earthquake and people died. It is not restored to honor their memory.

There are beautiful koi fish in this old fountain. The big orange and yellow ones come and open their mouths so you’ll feed them. This was the best field trip ever!