Volunteers and Partners Retrace 250 Years of History on the Anza Trail

Participants traveled from Palm Desert to Anza, tracing a stretch of the historic Juan Bautista de Anza expedition - a 1,200-mile route from Sonora, Mexico to San Francisco completed 250 years ago. The group even drove through a portion of the Bautista Creek Wild & Scenic River, where Anza himself once passed. Along the way, four trails were covered in a single outing: the Ed Hastey Garden Trail, Wilderness Loop Trail, Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, and Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.