PORTOLA JOURNEY'S END - View this location on map  - In 1769 the Portola expedition of 63 men and 200 horses and mules camped near El Palo Alto, the tall tree. They had traveled from San Diego in search of Monterey but discovered instead the Bay of San Francisco. Finding the bay too large to go around, and deciding that Monterey had been bypassed, they ended the search and returned to San Diego. E Creek Dr and Alma St, Menlo Park, California Historical |