California Missions Tour: Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad (Soledad)

Nuestra Senora de la Soledad
Founded October 9, 1791 (13th mission)

The Soledad mission was hard to find. It was in the middle of rich farmland, worked by Latino immigrants. There was so much dirt and mud on the road, it was hard to distinguish where the pavement ended and where the fields began.

Aside from the clucking chickens in the mission's front lawn, the area is serenely quiet. Soledad is quite an apropos name. I met an older couple in a Buick who was also visiting all of the missions. The lady was so friendly (and bored?) that she ran over to me in my car to give me tips on the best route to the next mission, along with good restaurants for lunch.

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