DAY 42 — Saturday, Nov 3, 2012
A 22+ mile day got me over the Santa Susana Pass with its rugged boulders strewn everywhere--the old road connected the early settlements and served the stage coaches as well as the missions. Specifically the pass connects the San Fernando Valley with Simi Valley.
At the end of the old pass road, I took Topanga Canyon to Devonshire and headed east on it at breakneck speed to make it before the mission closed at 4:30. The super-friendly staff helped me make it in time! A sheer coincidence is the fact that this mission was my 17th as well as having been founded 17th! The fourth mission church, the gem we see today, is an exact replica of the earlier one erected between 1804 and 1806. You can judge its beauty from the photos.
