November 14, 2019
Another cold rainy day here in San Antonio and this is our last day here so we’re heading to the missions to go check them out.
We arrived and the Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile was parked in the parking lot. We have seen this hotdog on wheels many times as we have travel our great country.
The 27-foot long hot dog on wheels is driven by a ‘Hotdogger’, for a one year position. Created in 1936 the company has six Wienermobiles traveling across the country right now. 
We started at the visitor center where we watched a short movie then walked thru their small museum. There are five missions within 10 mile stretch. All four of five (Alamo does not) still have current Catholic Masses. Lots of history, we enjoyed it.
A chain of five missions (including the Alamo) established along the San Antonio River in the 18th century became the largest concentration of Catholic missions in North America. Built primarily to expand Spanish New World influence northward from Mexico, the missions also served to introduce native inhabitants into Spanish society.
Four of five missions (San Jose, San Juan, Concepcion, and Espada) were originally founded in East Texas. As the East Texas missions succumbed to drought, malaria, and French incursions, however, they were relocated to San Antonio.
The missions flourished during the middle of the 18th century, but later declined due to inadequate military support, disease, and increased hostilities with Apaches and Comanches. Pretty cool, the stuff movies are made of…
