Mud Festival to Patch Things Up at Mission
The mud will fly at Mission San Juan Capistrano today and April 6, when residents and local officials roll up their sleeves for the Mud Slinging Festival, a rite of spring when the mission’s 200-year-old adobe buildings are patched with mud and straw.
The practice dates to the mission’s early days, when workers would apply a mud seal to the adobes each year by hand after the rains to preserve and protect them from the elements.
The event is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days at the mission, 31522 Camino Capistrano. Information: (714) 248-2049.
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