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Highway 101 runs along parts of the El Camino Real.
Highway 101 runs along parts of the El Camino Real.
Highway 101
The answer is Highway 101.
The El Camino is very real and is still in use. Today the California highway system follows the original route and has placed mission bells all along the route to let people know they are on the El Camino. The route was the one used between the 21 missions system in California. All the missions were a days ride from each other.
That is The Royal Road; but because they spoke Spanish, it is called 'El Camino Real'.
Spark Notes Look for no fear Shakespeare, or something along the lines of that. This is the link: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/
The Mission Trail, made up of 21 Spanish Missions
7th of 21 between 1769 and 1823.
San Francisco Solano Mission was built in 1823, the last of California's 21 missions along the El Camino Real.
It is the route between the 21 California missions. Today that route has mission bells along the roads to remind people of the history.
There were 21 missions located along El Camino Real in what was then Alta California. This guy's web site has maps and historical details: