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California Mission WalkersThe Hiker’s Guidebook Second Edition
The Hiker’s Guidebook Second Edition is now available! The second edition of the California Mission Walk: The Hiker’s Guide to California’s 21 Spanish Missions Along El Camino Real is now for sale! This fully-revised second edition is the result of close collaboration...
Mission Walkers Welcome Here
We are creating a list of businesses along the mission trail from San Diego to Sonoma that welcome business from California Mission Walkers! Who are the California Mission Walkers? We are a group with over 1,500 members that walk and advocate for the 800 mile El...
Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage: a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion In 2012 I was looking for something to do for my 60th birthday, something special, of a contemplative nature as well as a physical challenge. I had read of the El...
Starting Your California Mission Walk: A Newcomer’s Checklist
- Get Ron “Butch” Briery’s guidebook. Email him at rdbriery@yahoo.com
- Get your pilgrim credential/passport from Martha López. Email her at mlcamino@att.net
On the way to Mission San Luis Rey
"Do more of what makes you happy" was written with colorful chalk on a board inside the "Start Fresh Cafe" in Oceanside. Sitting there with my fellow California Mission Walkers made me realize that walking and spending time with such an amazing group was making it...
You mean people walk from mission to mission?
I guess, by definition, serendipity strikes when we least expect it. For me, it was meeting Butch Briery of the California Mission Walkers at the 2016 Mission Foundation conference. “You mean people walk from mission to mission?” I blurted. Who knew! For the rest of...