La Lomita Chapel

Sunday morning--ah-h-h--no work, no worries.  We had our, what is becoming, a traditional breakfast out, this time at Nelda's.  Now we understand why the parking lot of this restaurant is so crowded:  good food and quick service.  We headed home to pick up Winston and headed out for a day trip.

We were actually looking for the Riverside Club that we had heard about, found it and a treasure just down the levy road:  The La Lomita Chapel ("The Little Hill").  The land originally came from a 1767 Spanish grant and was donated for the chapel in 1861.  The chapel was built in 1865 at a campsite on the Brownsville-Roma Trail and was relocated to this site in 1899.  The City of Mission was named for this landmark.