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Mission ruins east walls[/caption][caption id="attachment_632" align="alignright" width="300"]
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Former priests quarters[/caption]Today was a big day for me. We got a long-awaited tour of the Ruins at the Mission Rosario south of Goliad, where the Karankawa's, the namesake of our campground loop were. The area has been closed as they install gates, interpretive signs and parking areas. The ribbon cutting won't happen for several more weeks, but today the schedules and the weather came together in time for Rachel to take us there and give us a tour and another history lesson.
It is a very interesting facet in the overall history of the Franciscan Mission years. I feel so lucky that I was able to spend some time poking around here. As a volunteer going with a Ranger I was allowed to see it up close and take all the time I wanted instead of being on a guided tour on a timeline. Another perk of being an RV Volunteer. You get access that the general public does not.
The storms moved around us last night but did drop a good deal of much-needed rain. Today the sun returned and is baking the ground again. It's hard to aceept that in 10 days we will be back in Iowa running the heat at night and running around in jeans and sweatshirts as my hard-earned winter tan fades.
Tonight we will do our last tour of night duty. The countdown is on!
Until tomorrow...
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