Weekend Driver San Diego

Assuming the weather cooperates this weekend, it’s a beautiful time of year to try this mostly dirt drive through Tierra Del Sol and McCain Valley in the southeastern corner of San Diego County. But a warning… if the weather is bad, don’t attempt as this as these are some of the most rugged and unforgiving [...]

Well here are some unexpected sights and sites that pop up on almost any trip to San Diego County’s mountains. You see, this is nirvana for many driving enthusiasts in the southwestern corner of the US… whether they’re from San Diego, the Los Angeles area or even Las Vegas or Phoenix. They park the Lexus [...]

Here’s a collection of destinations… make it three or four trips or one day to lakes around San Diego county. Our reservoirs are important as they hold our drinking water, whether imported or from what rarely falls from the skies. They’re open for a picnic, fishing, boating or just hanging out. Because of our rugged [...]

One of those great little spots has closed. Our webmaster Geoff came back from lunch the other day and said the European Deli, on Park Boulevard north of Polk. Although the name was “European,” it was a Greek cafe, probably because a Greek woman named Sophie ran the place. She seemed to know all the [...]

It’s one of my favorite movies and favorite drives. Back in 1963, it seems every old comedian got together with Spencer Tracy, Ethel Merman and director Stanley Kramer for It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, a 153-minute romp around the Southern California countryside. And where the movie starts, where Jimmy Durante goes flying off [...]

Well, this one is way out of town… it’s at the other end of the country, at least for us here in San Diego. And it’s not the east coast, it’s the northern border: A trip around Washington State in a great road car, the Lincoln MKT sport-utility. Hard to believe it’s been a year [...]

What are your top five twisty roads in San Diego County? On my list is the drive for this weekend, Highland Valley Road, the subject of High on Highland. Hairpins? It’s got ‘em. Blind curves? Danger? Steep grades? Narrow lanes? They’re all on Highland Valley Road between Rancho Bernardo and Ramona. Enjoy this trip that [...]

The lost city of Petra, Jordan, is a long way from San Diego. This faraway place, where the final scenes of the 1989 movie “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” were shot, came to mind in a trip to Split Mountain, in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The spectacular Petra gorge, where Indiana, his father [...]

Here’s a horrible choice… whether to take this Saturday’s brand new Weekend Driver in the UT San Diego or a classic drive from 2006? Well, that depends on a few things. Plenty of time? Head to the desert, where Saturday’s drive hits the sand, in search of the remains of an old railroad station in [...]

Here’s a really fun trip over some little-known roads in San Diego County… but isn’t that what Weekend Driver is all about? It’s East County Zig-Zag, a loop around 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 [...]