A story about the Juan Bautista DeAnza National Trail and Greg Bernal Smestad, an 8th generation Californian. In 1775, Juan Bautista DeAnza assembled 30 families, including the Peraltas, Moragas, Sanchez, Hernandez, Gonzales, Berryessa, Bernal, and traveled north from Mexico into California, following the path that would become the El Camino Real linking all the Spanish Missions.