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The last few days of our recent trip were spent in San Antonio, Texas, where we biked the Mission Trail, a ten mile paved trail which follows the San Antonio River to five old Spanish missions. It was hot but we had a great day which we ended with a wonderful dinner at a riverfront restaurant in downtown San Antonio. This is the last of the missions we visited, Mission San Juan Capistrano, still used as a church by the Roman Catholic community. The lady is my wife.

Mission San Juan Capistrano is one of five old Spanish missions along the San Antonio River. We were in San Antonio on our recent trip and biked the ten mile Mission Trail.

These are all photos of Mission San José in San Antonio, Texas, one of five old Spanish missions along a ten-mile stretch of the San Antonio River.

Here is the patio and convent area of Mission San José in San Antonio, Texas.

This was at one time the convent of Mission San José in San Antonio, Texas, now roofless and without doors or windows.

The convent of Mission San José in San Antonio, Texas, is attached to the rear of the church but is now open to the elements.

This is the interior of Mission San José in San Antonio, Texas. It is still in use as a church.

Here is the front entrance to church at Mission San José in San Antonio, Texas.

Mission Espada was the last of the old Spanish missions we visited along the Mission Trail when we were in San Antonio, Texas. The missions, founded in the early eighteenth century, are along a ten-mile stretch of the San Antonio River, this the farthest out. We biked the trail which leads from downtown San Antonio to Mission Espada, eating our lunch along the way and enjoying a beautiful spring day.

These are grounds, once within walls, of Mission Espada in San Antonio, Texas. The church, visible on the right, is still standing and still in use, and the convent has been converted into a visitors' center, but the rest of the buildings and walls are ruined and much of the stone taken away for other purposes.

These are some of the ruined outbuildings and walls of Mission Espada in San Antonio, Texas. The church is still standing and still in use but the rest of the mission is largely in ruins.

This is Mission Espada, the most distant from downtown San Antonio, Texas. It is one of five old Spanish missions along a ten-mile stretch of the San Antonio River.

These are some of the now-ruined outbuildings of Mission San Juan, one of the old Spanish missions along the San Antonio River in San Antonio, Texas.

This is the interior of the church at Mission San Juan, the only part of the mission still preserved intact. The church is used regularly for services and is open to the public.

This is Mission San Juan, south of San Antonio, Texas. It is the fourth in a string of five missions that are found along a ten mile stretch of the San Antonio River. They were established in the early eighteenth century, this one in 1731. Its full name is San Juan Capistrano, just like the California mission. The last we saw it in the 1990's it had stone buttresses on the side that is visible in the photo and neither they nor the bell tower were whitewashed or painted. It is still used as a church as the insets show. We visited it on a recent trip to Texas and biked the Mission Trail from the Alamo to Mission Espada, the southernmost of the five missions.

This is Mission San Juan in San Antonio, Texas, the photo taken from the now-ruined walls and outbuildings of the mission.

These are all detail photos of Mission San José in San Antonio, Texas. This was the third of the old Spanish missions we visited.

This is the interior of Mission San José in San Antonio, Texas. As is obvious, it still used as a church and the interior, though small, is able to hold a sizeable congregation.