RHH's photos with the keyword: 18th century

Our main object in visiting San Antonio, Texas, recently was to see again the old Spanish Mission for which the city is famous. Beginning with the Alamo in downtown San Antonio, there are five old missions along a ten-mile stretch of the river. Previously we had visited these by car but this time, starting from our guesthouse, we went by bicycle. We rented bikes near the guesthouse and followed the riverwalk (the part of the riverwalk that connects the missions is known as the Mission trail) to each of the Missions. This photo and the first of the insets show the first of the four missions we visited that day (we did not go back to the Alamo), Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña. The third inset shows some of the flowers we saw along the way and the last inset my wife on her electric-assist bicycle. We had looked forward with eager anticipation to this part of our trip and were not disappointed. The electric-assist bicycles we used were a good choice and allowed us to enjoy the mission trail in a leisurely fashion, the weather was perfect and the missions were as beautiful as we remembered.

This was taken through one of the windows at Missions Concepción in San Antonio, Texas. The mission was established by Franciscans in 1716 and is still used today. It is located on the south side of the city of San Antonio and is one of five missions along the San Antonio River. Its full name is Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña.

While in San Antonio, Texas, we biked the mission trail, a ten-mile hiking and biking trail that connects five old Spanish missions along the San Antonio River. We photographed this Trumpet Vine along the way.

The Mission Trail is a paved, ten-mile hiking and biking trail the follows the San Antonio River south. When we were in Texas recently we stayed at a guesthouse along the river, rented these electric-assist bikes and did the twenty miles of trail, visiting four old Spanish missions along the way. This is my wife on her bike. We were capable on doing the trail with ordinary bikes but wanted a leisurely day which the electric-assist bikes provided.