Ojai and Ventura


A visit to Ventura wouldn't be complete without seeing the Mission and Olivas Adobe. In 1847, the Olivas Rancho was used for raising oxen and dairy cows. Chumash Indians provided the labor to build the impressive home. Pictured also are the 100-year old fuchsias.


The old fountain provides a good lead-in to the 1782 Ventura Mission.
Stand on the fountain with a 28mm lens.
Fuchsias a century old.


A shaft of window light illuminates the pews in the old mission church.
Pews and candles.
A beautiful bell archway.
Behind the historic, large rancho is this distintive arch, built by the Fleischmann yeast king in 1927.
From a second floor balcony was the preferred viewing of festivities below.
The yard and caretaker's house appear as miniature.

Anacapa Island can be reached by boat from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard.