Weekend Driver San Diego

Over the years, I’ve made hundreds of trips to scenic Pine Valley. From the Pine Valley Boulevard off Interstate 8, we make the turn left into town. But the question always was, “What are all those trucks parked over there,” in the cul-de-sac to the right. The answer, discovered with the assistance of a ’10 [...]

County’s Eastern Gateway, Old U.S. 80, Frozen In Time Every year, thousands of nostalgia seekers and worshipers of great roads head out to festivals and other events along old Route 66, the historic highway that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles.

After celebrating the end of World War II 60 years ago, perhaps by jumping in the Horton Plaza fountain on V.J. Day, drivers who spent the duration in San Diego were finally heading back to perhaps Texas or Louisiana in that worn-out Hudson.

Sand, Dust and Splinters Didn’t Challenge Imperial Valley’s Earliest Drivers On a sunny Sunday a few weeks ago, I set out to visit the remnants of the Old Plank Road, the first “reliable” connection across the Algodones Dunes near the Colorado River in Imperial County.

Some of the best roads don’t always get you from here to there. Take, for instance, today’s drive. It’s a zig-zag through the East County communities of Lake Morena, Campo, Cameron Corners, La Posta, Live Oak Springs and Boulevard, plus the Campo Indian Reservation. If you stay on the freeway, from our beginning exit, Buckman [...]

There’s almost always a different way to get from here to there. Sometimes it’s not paved, sometimes it’s partially paved and sometimes it’s full of potholes. Today’s drive is all of those things. Going from Alpine to Mt. Laguna is no big deal. Just get on Interstate 8, exit Sunrise Highway and you’re there. Maybe [...]