Mile 6912 – Alpine, California. After two days in Los Angeles, we drove down to the San Diego area to meet an old friend, Wayne Jackson.
At the point where I-5 and I-405 merge into 11 lanes (2 feeder lanes, 2 commuter lanes, and 7 regular lanes), we ran into traffic delays. Apparently 11 lanes is not enough.
After driving over the Ortega Highway, we decended to Lake Elsinore, where the thermometer reached 102 F (39 C), the highest temperature of our trip so far. In San Diego, the temperature was comfy again.
We had dinner with Wayne, overlooking San Diego harbor and recounting old memories, and then bagged another postcard at the Hotel del Coronado at night.
This is the end of our trip down the west coast. Tomorrow we’ll start heading back east on the return phase of our trip.
Vintage Postcard Project: September 8: San Diego, California
[Photographs © 2012 P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]