[Gocamino] Re: California missions

[Lydia Banales]

Hi Group,
I'm forwarding your comments to my husband and have asked him to update 
you about the Mission Walk. He has walked from San Diego to Mission La 
Purisima in Lompoc and is planning to walk another segment soon. I'm 
sure he would be interested in your input.  Take it away, Joe-------
Lydia

Robert Spenger wrote:

> Rebekah,
>
> Joe Bañales has been researching (i.e. walking parts of) the mission  
> route in the Southern California from San Diego to San Fernando and  
> further, I have lost track of just how far. This is the worst part  
> for walkers, of course, since it is solidly metropolitan. The center  
> part is still relatively rural, so there are some good walking  
> sections. Check out the following URL:
>
> http://janhaag.com/TRmiss.html
>
> I believe that Joe has reported his results on a website (and also at  
> the S.B. meeting, which was held, appropriately, next to the S.B.  
> Mission) and I was trying to find it by doing a Barney on "Mission  
> Walk." I'm sure that I have the URL for it somewhere buried away in  
> my bookmarks, but I can't remember where. But, anyway, the search  
> brought up Jan Haag's narrative and I was sure that you would find  
> that interesting. As I pointed out, the distances, for the most part,  
> are too long for the average walker to do in a day, so it is  
> necessary to find suitable stops in between. Cyclists have it easier  
> and there has been at least one report by a cyclist who did the north  
> to south route a few years ago. (The prevailing SW winds make that  
> the recommended direction - at least for cyclists.)
>
> I will continue to look for Joe's reports, but in the meantime I  
> thought that it would be worthwhile to bring Haag's report to your  
> attention.
>
> regards,
>
> Bob S.
>
> On Oct 5, 2005, at 5:30 AM, Rebekah Scott wrote:
>
> Is it possible still to walk from one to another, or have freeways  
> and railway lines and "civilization" made that impossible? Such a  
> cool idea, a California Camino! I remember a couple on my Spanish  
> Camino discussing it, but they were in their 70s and conceded a  
> younger crowd would have to take up that cause.
>
>
> Rebekah Scott, periodista
> Westmoreland County bureau
> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette USA
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