We finally made it to one of the California Missions that’s in our proverbial backyard, Mission San Jose.  To keep things confusing, it’s located in present day Fremont and not in San Jose.  Like many of the missions, it’s largely a reconstruction.  They did a good job though and built it with four feet thick walls and a roof made of hazelwood.  Some of the interior artifacts are still original.

Mission San Jose

After touring the mission, we stopped for an outside view of the nearby Ohlone Indian Cemetery.  It wasn’t open for anything more than a peek in from behind a fence.  We took advantage of our proximity to the Sunol Regional Wilderness to go hiking someplace we had not been before.  The park had some interesting views and geology, but owing to the lateness of the day and the relative heat, we just hiked around for an hour or so. 

Cave Rocks

All the photos are here:

http://sanjoseabrams.com/photos/SunolWildernessJuly2010/