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[*] posted on 12-25-2006 at 07:37 PM
Mission San Borja


Here's the second one.

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[*] posted on 12-25-2006 at 09:18 PM


Great shot and Merry Christmas Ken



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[*] posted on 12-25-2006 at 10:23 PM


That is an impressive bit of architecture! I definitely want to visit that place now.
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[*] posted on 12-26-2006 at 11:08 AM


It is the furthest north stone mission in Baja... just 21 miles from the pavement on a good graded road...

Here is the top of the stairway to the roof...





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[*] posted on 3-28-2007 at 10:43 AM


Your file is not displaying for me, Ken. Are you aware of that? Maybe a permissions problem.
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[*] posted on 3-28-2007 at 11:00 AM


First is viewable but the second is not.

When I access it directly from explorer it tells me that:

'<filename> is unavailable'

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[*] posted on 3-28-2007 at 11:00 AM


Quote:
Originally posted by tripledigitken
Can you imagine the time it took for the mason to carve that Scallop Shell out of solid rock? Amazing.



[Edited on 3-28-2007 by tripledigitken]



I can't see the photo from my end either.

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[*] posted on 3-28-2007 at 02:36 PM


Can you imagine the time it took for the mason to carve this Scallop Shell out of solid rock?




I hope this posted this time.
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[*] posted on 3-28-2007 at 02:48 PM


It did.
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[*] posted on 3-28-2007 at 03:28 PM


Got it. Beautiful stone work!



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[*] posted on 3-28-2007 at 05:24 PM


As with everyone, the carvings in the rock just amazed us---simple rock and wonderful carvings.





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