Exploring Old El Paso

Noelle and I had been wanting to eat at Cattleman's Steak House and check out a few sites in El Paso that we had never been to before for some time now. Today, we finally got our chance to head south. Robby came over for breakfast burritos smothered with green chile sauce and at about 11:30 we finally hit the road. It was a long drive down to El Paso and we stopped at Kohl's and Target so that Noelle could return something and we could get some snacks. From our short shopping excursion we headed to our first adventure stop: Concordia Cemetery.

At Concordia we explored the Chinese section of the cemetery

and also found the grave of the notorious John Wesley Hardin.

Perhaps most interesting was the section of graves of Buffalo Soldiers from Fort Bliss.

After walking the roads within the cemetery

we were ready to move on the the Mission Trail. The first stop on the Mission Trail was the Ysleta Mission.
We walked around the mission

and were even able to go inside for a peek.

From Ysleta, we drove the Mission Trail to Socorro Mission.

Again we got out of the car and walked around a bit,

but the Socorro Mission was closed when we arrived so we were not able to see the inside. From Socorro we drove to the final stop on the Mission Trail: San Elizario Presidio Chapel.

The area around the chapel seemed quite interesting.

After our adventure on the Mission Trail it was on to the famous Cattleman's Steakhouse.

We enjoyed a great meal at Cattleman's, but decided we must return at some point to check out the grounds surrounding the restaurant.

It was dark when we arrived, but San Elizario was, in my opinion, the most interesting of the three missions.