Fw: [Healeys] Driving to San Diego

[Bob Poague]

This might be of some interest to anyone contemplating driving to San Diego 
for Conclave and not on the Healey List. Note the first part is an answer to 
the question asked in the second part below.
Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Snover" <ricksnover at earthlink.net>
To: <Editorgary at aol.com>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Driving to San Diego


> The last few times I've gone to or from Santa Barbara from here, we
> went up I-5 to I-405 (or the Toll Road, I forget the number), to
> Santa Monica and US 101. Depending on the time of day, the traffic
> can be not too insane. Late morning to early afternoon is usually
> decent, but it'll probably be pretty hot. Traffic can be almost
> pleasant from late-late at night to early-early in the morning, and
> it'll be cooler.
>
> Again depending on the time of day, I-15 and I-215 can both be real
> zoos, too. At that time of year, that entire route can be REALLY hot all 
> day.
>
> I haven't taken Hwy 1 all the way through the LA & Orange county
> beach communities, but it looks like it would entail a lot of city
> driving, with lots of stop and go, and not always straight through.
> (i.e., You may need to keep an eye out for signs to stay on route
> 1.) It will be significantly cooler along the coast than on either of
> the freeway routes. You will eventually have to get onto I-5 to get
> through Camp Pendleton. (Hwy 1 doesn't go through.)
>
> At 02:21 PM 2/16/2008, Editorgary at aol.com wrote:
>>Taking a break this afternoon, I was scrolling around on Maps.Google.com
>>looking at ways we could drive to San Diego from Northern California for 
>>the
>>Healey meet.
>>I was trying to figure out how to do that without going through the
>>mess of LA traffic. Looking at the map, it looked as if a
>>possibility would be to go across the north side of the San Fernando
>>Valley (118), then pick up I210 to Rancho Cucamonga and from there
>>down I15 to San Diego. Does anyone who lives down there have any
>>thoughts on that route versus, say, 101 to Topanga Canyon to Santa
>>Monica and down Route 1 into San Diego?Interested in comments on
>>traffic, temperature, and scenery.
>>Anyone?
>>Thanks
>>Gary