Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve West -- No peaks, but a beautiful hike
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My trip report with photos and video of the Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve West
Kit Fox Outfitters, Santa Ysabel East
We took a Sunday morning to hike from the Julian staging area to the Highway 79 staging area. It’s was a great down hill 7.1 mike hike, check it out.
Hiking the 7 mile Kanaka Loop in the Santa Ysabel Preserve
This past Saturday (1-14-2017) we hiked the 7 mile Kanaka Loop in the Santa Ysabel Preserve.
Getting out and Enjoying Life in Julian, California
I decided to take a drive out to the town of Julian to soak up some small town vibes. When living close to a city, it's easy to get stuck in a bit of a rut and forget about the beauty of wide open spaces. People weren't meant to stare at walls and homes all day long. We are meant to explore, breath in the fresh air and discover a bit of nature.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - Evening Edition
What went wrong at the Big Bay Boom, now called Big Bay Bust, the downtown fireworks show. Also, labor unions protest an attempt by the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, or ConVis, to avoid paying workers the city's living wage.
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Interstate 5 is the San Diego Freeway, starting at the International Border at San Ysidro and extending north along the San Diego County coastline into Camp Pendleton, passing through Chula Vista, National City, downtown San Diego, Old Town, Mission Bay Park, La Jolla, Sorrento Valley, Carmel Valley, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad, and Oceanside. Interstate 5 replaced U.S. 101 in 1964 as the primary coastal route in San Diego County, but U.S. 101 is preserved in many areas, especially northern San Diego County. Interstate 5 is one of the busiest stretches of freeway in the county, and it is eight or more lanes for its entire length. For pictures and more detail, see Interstate 5.
There are no U.S. routes left in San Diego, the seventh largest city in the United States. San Diego is the largest city in the United States that is not served by a single U.S. highway (other large cities not served by U.S. highways include Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona). In 1964, the state of California decommissioned many U.S. highways, and signs were removed as their freeway replacements were constructed. U.S. 80 was replaced by Interstate 8 by 1972, U.S. 101 has been replaced by Interstate 5 in 1964, and U.S. 395 was replaced by Interstate 15 by 1972. U.S. 395 was the last U.S. highway to be eliminated from San Diego, when Interstate 15 and California 163 replaced its signage by 1972. Historic route signage for all three routes (U.S. 80, U.S. 101, and U.S. 395) has been placed, with U.S. 101 signs appearing in the late 1990s, and U.S. 80 and U.S. 395 signs appearing around 2007 and 2008. The state of California officially designated each of these former U.S. highways as historic corridors.
California 905 is the Otay Mesa Freeway between Interstate 5 in San Ysidro and the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. The portion of this state highway between Interstate 805 and the future California 125 interchange is currently an expressway and is slated for upgrade to freeway standards; once this upgrade is complete, the entire route is slated to become Interstate 905.
California 282 connects California 75/the Coronado Bay Bridge with North Island Naval Air Station.
Interstate 15 is the Escondido Freeway (known as Avocado Highway north of Escondido), and it comes into San Diego from the Inland Empire near Temecula, and it becomes an important commuter route from the bedroom neighborhoods within Escondido, Poway, and San Diego to the jobs in Mission Valley, downtown San Diego, and Sorrento Valley. For pictures and more detail, see Interstate 15 in San Diego.
California 94 is the Martin Luther King, Junior Freeway between downtown San Diego and Junction California 125 in La Mesa. California 94 continues east as Campo Road to serve the backcountry of San Diego, connecting to the Tecate Port of Entry via California 188 and culminating its easterly journey at Interstate 8 near Boulevard.
California 78 connects Interstate 5 in Oceanside with Interstate 15 in Escondido as a freeway, then snakes through several city streets in Escondido en route to San Pasqual Valley. The highway heads into the high country of San Diego County, passing through Ramona, Santa Ysabel, and Julian before entering the desert and Imperial County.
California 125 is eastern bypass of San Diego. The route for this freeway from Otay Mesa north to Santee has been identified, and sections of the route between California 54 and California 52 have already been completed. Controversy has prevented identification of a specific route for California 125 north of California 52, but continuing congestion on Interstate 15 has brought the concept of this freeway back to the forefront.
California 117 was the brief designation in the late 1970s and early 1980s for what is now California 905 (Otay Mesa Road/Freeway).
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California 52 is the Soledad Freeway, starting at Interstate 5 at the foot of Mount Soledad in Rose Canyon, passing through Soledad Canyon to form the bottom of the Golden Triangle (locally known as University Town Center or UTC) before ascending Kearny Mesa. The freeway was extended in the late 1980s and early 1990s through Mission Trails Regional Park to its current terminus at Junction California 125 in Santee. Plans call for California 52 to be extended east to California 67 by 2008.
California 75 is Palm Avenue, Silver Strand Highway, Orange Avenue, and the Coronado Bay Bridge.
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Interstate 5 is the San Diego Freeway, starting at the International Border at San Ysidro and extending north along the San Diego County coastline into Camp Pendleton, passing through Chula Vista, National City, downtown San Diego, Old Town, Mission Bay Park, La Jolla, Sorrento Valley, Carmel Valley, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad, and Oceanside. Interstate 5 replaced U.S. 101 in 1964 as the primary coastal route in San Diego County, but U.S. 101 is preserved in many areas, especially northern San Diego County. Interstate 5 is one of the busiest stretches of freeway in the county, and it is eight or more lanes for its entire length. For pictures and more detail, see Interstate 5.
Interstate 805 is the Jacob Dekema Freeway (Inland Freeway), which provides an alternative to Interstate 5 through San Diego, National City, and Chula Vista. Completed in the 1970s, Interstate 805 has seen explosive traffic growth as a result of the expansion of the suburbs in the South Bay areas as well as new communities and businesses along the northern portion of the route, especially the high-tech businesses that have appeared in Sorrento Valley. Traffic congestion is a perennial problem on this freeway due to the locations of residences and businesses, and a managed lane project is in the works for this busy corridor. For pictures and more detail, see Interstate 805.
There are no U.S. routes left in San Diego, the seventh largest city in the United States. San Diego is the largest city in the United States that is not served by a single U.S. highway (other large cities not served by U.S. highways include Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona). In 1964, the state of California decommissioned many U.S. highways, and signs were removed as their freeway replacements were constructed. U.S. 80 was replaced by Interstate 8 by 1972, U.S. 101 has been replaced by Interstate 5 in 1964, and U.S. 395 was replaced by Interstate 15 by 1972. U.S. 395 was the last U.S. highway to be eliminated from San Diego, when Interstate 15 and California 163 replaced its signage by 1972. Historic route signage for all three routes (U.S. 80, U.S. 101, and U.S. 395) has been placed, with U.S. 101 signs appearing in the late 1990s, and U.S. 80 and U.S. 395 signs appearing around 2007 and 2008. The state of California officially designated each of these former U.S. highways as historic corridors.
California 905 is the Otay Mesa Freeway between Interstate 5 in San Ysidro and the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. The portion of this state highway between Interstate 805 and the future California 125 interchange is currently an expressway and is slated for upgrade to freeway standards; once this upgrade is complete, the entire route is slated to become Interstate 905.
California 75 is Palm Avenue, Silver Strand Highway, Orange Avenue, and the Coronado Bay Bridge.
California 76 is the San Luis Rey River Valley Expressway and Mission Boulevard. It extends across Northern San Diego County from Interstate 5 in Oceanside to California 79 southeast of Palomar Mountain via Bonsall.
California 78 connects Interstate 5 in Oceanside with Interstate 15 in Escondido as a freeway, then snakes through several city streets in Escondido en route to San Pasqual Valley. The highway heads into the high country of San Diego County, passing through Ramona, Santa Ysabel, and Julian before entering the desert and Imperial County.
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