Tom & I decided to spend the weekend in San Antonio, a 3 hour drive from home.
Spent Saturday morning exploring the 5 old Spanish Missions that are located along a 10 mile stretch of the river.
This is Mission Espada. From Wilki and Texas Historic Society:
Mission San Francisco de la Espada is a Roman Rite Catholic mission established in 1690 by Spain in present-day San Antonio, Texas, in what was then known as northern New Spain.
The aqueduct, friary, and sacristy were completed in 1745.
The Espada community of San Antonio has the unique distinction of participating in the oldest continually operating irrigation system in the United States.