We are in Loreto today and took a 'field trip' to San Javier. It is a very small mountain town with an ancient mission, built by the padres about 1699. Many of the town's building have thatched roofs, and our resturant was open air, with just a wonderful palm roof. The weather was perfect. The streets are cobblestone and most of the walls I saw were hand set with no mortar. Very impressive. After our lunch and walk through the one street town, we visited the 8 hector farm of the huband of the woman who ran the resturant. What an experience. We picked peas, cucumber, tangerines and onions right out of the field. I got lucky and picked up the one Mexican Gold grapefruit that was available. Fresh cilantro and limes were also available to us. Yummy!The mission is being restored so I did not take pictures inside.
The road up to San Javier is half paved, and the last half is dirt, rocky road. I think it is about 26 miles but took us well over an hour to get there. We followed streams part of the way, with water actually crossing the road a couple of times. This water allows for some wonderful oasis type areas, with fruit and palm trees.
The farmer told us the tree in the photo was planted by the padres and is over 300 years old. It is an olive tree, and they cut parts of it down to make barrels. It is truely magnificent, with huge twisted trunk and arms reaching out a great distance. The top photo is of one of many fine roosters the farmer had. He raises them too, and I took lots of photos as they are so colorful. We had a fabulous day! Roger loved the drive as he was in 4-wheel drive part of the time, and we were bouncing along in the Jeep!happy trails...
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