Surprise! Mission San Jose is not located in the City
of San Jose. No indeed, it is located in
the city of Fremont CA., which is about 19 miles from my brother in law’s house
in San Jose.
This
was a simple day ride, just to get out of the house and along the freeway to
become familiar with one of the roads. Google
had me take a simple route, I-880 to Mission Blvd and I would find the Mission
on my right.
It
was an easy ride, good to get out of the house and begin my individual
exploration of the area. The freeway had
a lot of congestion but speeds never dropped below 55mph until exiting on
Mission.
When
I got there I couldn’t find any distinctive signs to show my position. And to take a photo similar to the one in the
SCMA Passport was virtually impossible due to the heavy traffic on Mission Blvd. It appeared that everyone was using this
particular road to transverse from the freeways into the City of Fremont. So I did the best I could do given the
circumstances and took this shot of the building, a sign on the low post, and
then a close up of that sign.
I
then found where the gift shop was located and walked up to the entrance. Inside were two people, a volunteer and one
of the workers at the mission itself. We
chatted briefly, I explained about the SCMA Mission Tour, obtained the
necessary stamp, and then left.
This
time I walked down the steps and straight out to the front of the building and
found a sign on a pole of sorts. I noticed two ramps that would allow me to ride Sophia onto the sidewalk and park her next to the post. Then the ramp that would allow me to get back onto Mission Blvd so I could head back to San Jose with a day’s Mission accomplished (pun intended). Somehow I managed to pull it all off without a city patrol car coming by and ticketing me!
Before
leaving the mission I tanked up at the local gas station and obtained a receipt (just in
case it was needed). Then back to I-880
south into San Jose. All in all, a
simple ride.
3
Missions completed, 18 to go.
C ya mañana,Gonzo
Twitter: @GonzoCrossUSA
Email: GonzoCrossUSA@gmail.com
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949-433-0761
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