Rancho Camulos

At my school, we always go to Rancho Camulos in fourth grade instead of doing the mission project. Cooper, Jason, and I were bus buddies for the 20 minute drive to and fro.

Our first stop was the old chapel, where a lady told us about the Del Valle's small church that Mrs. Del Valle wanted so badly.











This is the cork tree that the Del Valle's needed for their tiny winery.
It was pretty cool to be able to sink our nails into the spongy bark of the tree.

 After the cork tree examination, it was time to make some corn tortillas to munch on... or not.

Although we made the lovely smelling tortillas, we were not allowed to eat them or cook them. The small balls of dough we flattened had to be rolled right backup and put back in the basket for the next group of kids to use. Such a great disappointment.

After rolling up the raw balls of tortilla dough, we headed over to the laundromat. I think our tour guides needed a lot of their rags - "dirty clothes" - washed up.

The adobe bricks that made up the entire building in 1840 is what we made next. All we had to do was add dirt, dried grass, and water. Now, my adobe brick is dry and fully formed.

Mom was the parent helper along with Nicolas and Sebastian's mom.

That field trip was epic, I definitely am going back there again!!!