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Leaving Los Angeles, the best route is via East Seventh street to Boyle avenue, thence one block to the left to Stephenson avenue, which follow easterly through Montebello to Whittier, La Habra and Fullerton. At Fullerton the State Highway is followed south through Anaheim to Santa Ana. There the concrete boulevard ends, and the ordinary dirt road must be followed through Capistrano and along the coast to Las Flores, a distance of approximately thirty-five miles.

From Las Flores through Oceanside, the State Highway will be found in splendid condition, along the surf, often on the bluffs and again on the beach, making a drive of unusual scenic beauty, as far as the foot of the Torrey Pine grade. This grade is within the city limits of San Diego, and is being reconstructed as a macadamized highway and for the present is closed to all traffic.

At this point the motorist will make a detour over a dirt road through Sorrento Canyon to the mesa just above La Jolla. At this point there is a choice of routes, the one to the right taking the motorist through the town of La Jolla, and along the bluffs to Pacific Beach, and thence around Mission Bay to San Diego. The road to the left is a much more direct route into the city, but not as picturesque as that via La Jolla.

In this motor journey from Los Angeles to San Diego there are several detours, due to the construction of the road between Santa Ana and Las Flores, but these detours have been well marked by the highway authorities, and no special difficulty will be encountered in negotiating them.

One must be careful of driving on the portion of road just beyond San Onofre Creek. Here there is a difficult piece of road which will require slow driving. Fortunately this rough stretch is less than two miles in length, and if driven carefully, no particular trouble will occur.

For those motorists who have not driven over the inland route, it is suggested that the return trip from San Diego be made via Escondido, Fallbrook, Temecula, Elsinore, Perris and Riverside. This road is in excellent condition from San Diego over the county highways to Rainbow, a point between Fallbrook and Temecula. In the vicinity of the latter town, a rough stretch of about five miles will be encountered, but from Elsinore through Ferris and Riverside the road is in splendid condition. From Riverside the new State Highway is now open to Los Angeles.

The inland trip can be made in one day of comfortable driving, though for those parties who leave San Diego about noon a pleasant stop for the night will be found in Riverside.