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>Yes, "The Kings Highway" is correct, and "Road" is equally correct from >some translations. (note: I attended El Camino Real high school) If >you travel California, you can follow this road and visit the missions, >and many highways take the same path. Have you ever noticed those funny >bells hanging from a curved pole when driving on parts of the 101 or >I-5? These mark El Camino Real. Yep and the way the Spanish language goes the royal road is also a translation that is considered correct in some areas. >Two other El Camino Reals are: >El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. This 1,800 mile trail goes from Mexico >City to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hey, I'm not crazy! Thanks for posting this....I was hoping that someone would remember the same one that I learned about. I do remember the other one in Cali, but this one stuck in my mind when the question came up.... >In the United States, this route runs >along approximately I-25 between El Paso TX and Taos NM. >El Camino Real de los Tejas. I lived in Alamogordo, NM in HS and slightly remember this one from the history of NM book. >El Camino Real de los Tejas and variations >in the primary route were used for more than 150 years as the principal >route between Mexico City, Saltillo, Monclova, and respective presidios, >and the missions near the present Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico, on the Rio >Grande and Los Adaes in what is now northwestern Louisiana. Thanks again Brad....nice to know my brain has a few cells left.... Kelly C. Hanna www.hannawoodworks.com ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
