Check out her website or Facebook page at Edie's Mission Walk.

Dr. Mendoza is doing an ongoing excavation with his Cal State Monterey Bay students.

They will be excavating almost every Friday until May 3rd and that the public is welcome to watch. 
They are primarily searching for the soldiers' barracks.

 

We are in the process of creating a master plan to rebuild the mission based on archaeology and historical research.  The first picture shows how it looks now and the other represents a draft of what it will be.

Take a look at the CYARK website.  They are intending to reconstruct the history of the missions as they were and as they changed over time in digital format.

Sadly, we have had to remove trees from the quadrangle.  They were not original to the site and were causing much damage to the foundations and archaeological history that is under the earth.  It does give a more realistic view of the mission back in the day.

Greenwood and Associates has just completed an excavation of the north wing and its buttresses as well as the west side of the quadrangle.  The purpose is to  satisfy state requirements that protect historic sites and to prepare for future building.  They may have discovered a new design element used in the building of the adobe walls.

The excavation done by Greenwood and Associates on the North Wall ruins has just been completed.  The Bechtel Foundation generously donated funding for this excavation.  This moves us one step closer to constructing a shelter over the original adobe wall.

Ronald Briery, Bepee Sala, and Stephanie Dodaro.  These are the adventurers who have walked all 21 of the missions on the old El Camino Real.  

These three have also walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain.

(above) Ronald Briery holding his guidebook for walking all 21 missions or any part thereof (which is on sale in our mission)

(above) Suet Cheng & Stephanie Dodaro