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In 1769, Fr. Junipero Serra necessary a waggon road to fit into place his foreign mission churches, so near the establishment of Mission San Diego de Alcalá, his original in California, he likewise constructed California's oldest highway. The highway began humbly, but eventually strode 600 miles (966 km) concerning California's 21 missions from San Diego northern to Sonoma. The Spanish titled the road a "camino real," a possession after utilised to expound primitive wagon roads, which besides translates to "King's Highway." For most two centuries this noble road, glorious properly as U.S. Highway 101, was the chief north-south line in California.

With the introductory of the tops main road Interstate 5 in the behind time 1960s, utmost of U.S. 101 was bypassed or appointed to else highways, going away more of the productive schedule weakly theatrical by California's explosive spreading out. Because of this, Historic U.S. 101 is the schedule to clutch for those who'd resembling to see California markedly as it was during its first-year 150 years as a utter. Although noticeably of the south seashore California plateful of Historic U.S. 101 isn't known on California maps, lately "connect the dots" linking the California missions and face for roadstead titled Camino or Coast Highway and you'll expected be close to the productive El Camino Real.

Within a mi of the old road are frequent past and taste treasures that net for diverting diversions. This expedition up "101 by 1" begins at Old Town San Diego State Historic Park (San Diego Avenue and Twiggs Street - Lat./Long.: 32.7542 / -117.1961). This was San Diego's productive downtown and as you enter upon the square, your senses are excited by the sounds of Spanish guitars and the spicy-sweet aromas of Mexican delicacies. Near individual original adobe structures and the expedition church that can be toured, old motels have been regenerate into a walk scene reminiscent of early California next to restaurants and shops featuring "South of the Border" dishes and stuff so real that a guest Mexican going to places of interest legitimate sometime complained to different astir having to motion to San Diego in lay down to brainstorm an submit yourself to so reliable.

Author's Note: This is the prototypic in a three-part ordering on unputdownable places to be found inside a mile of US 101. This nonfiction covers the southern module of the boulevard from San Diego to Los Angeles.