When the Spanish decided to build a second California mission at Monterey, Father Junipero Serra left San Diego by ship. Governor Portola traveled by land instead, and they met in the Monterey Bay. It took them each more than a month to travel the 400 miles, and Father Serra arrived about a week after Portola. Two days after arrived, on June 3, 1770, Father Serra founded the Carmel Mission, which was originally located at the Monterey Presidio.