August 12, 2006 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Rancho Guajome Adobe, Vista, California Rancho Guajome Adobe is located at 2210 North Santa Fe Avenue in Vista, San Diego County, California Telephone 760-724-4082   I dag camperede vi ved Rancho Guajome Adobe i Vista. Rancho Guajome tilhørte i flere generationer Couts familien. Oberst Cave Johnson Couts var oprindelig fra Tennessee, men kom til Californien med militæret i 1849. Her giftede han sig med Ysidora Bandini, som var født i Casa de Bandini i Old Town, San Diego, i 1829. Det siges at de mødtes, da Ysidora og hendes søstre var klatret op på taget af huset for bedre at kunne se de flotte soldater, der kom marcherende ind i byen, og Ysidora mistede fodfæstet, gled ned af taget, og landede ovenpå Cave Couts. Parret fik i alt ti børn, og de otte yngste af dem blev født på Rancho Guajome. Cave Johnson og Ysidora Bandini Couts ejede også Rancho Buena Vista Adobe. Today we daycamped at Rancho Guajome Adobe in Vista. Rancho Guajome belonged to the Couts family for several generations. Colonel Cave Johnson Couts was originally from Tennessee, but came to California with the military in 1849. Here he married Ysidora Bandini, who was born in Casa de Bandini in Old Town, San Diego, in 1829. They are said to have met when Ysidora and her sisters had climbed onto the roof of their house to better see the handsome soldiers march into town, and Ysidora slipped and slid off the roof, landing on Cave Couts. The couple had ten children, the eight youngest born at Rancho Guajome. Cave Johnson and Ysidora Bandini Couts also owned the Rancho Buena Vista Adobe.

Bygningerne er lavet af adobe... store mursten af soltørret mudder forstærket med halm. The buildings are made of adobe... large bricks of sundried mud reinforced with straw.     Beboelsen ~ Residential quarters

Cave Couts' Kontor ~ Cave Couts' Office

Spisestuen ~ The Dining Room     Køkkenet ~ The Kitchen

Ysidora var en meget bestemt kvinde, som fik et kirkekapel bygget til familien på trods af den katolske kirkes protester. Hun lod uden omsvøb præsten vide, at hun ville have et kapel enten kirken kunne lide det eller ej, og at hvis han ikke ville komme og velsigne bygningen, skulle hun gøre det selv. Ysidora was a headstrong woman who had the family chapel built in spite of objections from the Catholic church. She let the priest know in no uncertain terms that she would have her chapel whether the church like it or not, and that if he wouldn't come bless it, she would do so herself. Cave og Ysidora Couts' vielsesattest på orglet i kapellet ~ Cave and Ysidora Couts' wedding certificate on the organ in the chapel

Middagsklokken og brønden ~ The dinner bell and the well

Atrium gården ~ The courtyard             Karlekammeret ~ The servants quarters

Vandcisternen ~ The Water Cistern

Day Camping/Boondocking Information The Rancho Guajome Adobe is a good spot for daycamping. The parking lot is closed to overnight camping, but the county has an adjacent inexpensive campground. Facilities: Museum Small store Restrooms   More Ghost Towns Here More Historical Sites Here More California Travel Information Here YESTERDAY TOMORROW