Our white Mustang parked up on the way to San Diego
Our white Mustang parked up on the way to San Diego

Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022: Day 5 – Rancho Mirage to San Diego

By Nige on April 22, 2022 at 10:54 am
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Story: Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: Hilton | Holidays | Rancho Mirage | San Diego | USA

After checking out, we headed SE along CA-111 with the roof down, turning right onto CA-74, up and over the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument.  We had discussed the likely drop in temperature as we climbed up the mountain and when we stopped at the main viewpoint, we decided we needed to put the roof back up.

A fab view on the way to San Diego
A fab view on the way to San Diego
A fab view on the way to San Diego
A fab view on the way to San Diego

About 60 miles on, as we approached Temecula, we stopped off at our favourite Starbucks on the route.  It was too cold to sit outside, but we found a table inside as lots of people waited for their drinks to be made.  It wasn’t terribly relaxing, but we were enjoying our coffees.

One of our favourite Starbucks in the USA
One of our favourite Starbucks in the USA
One of our favourite Starbucks in the USA
One of our favourite Starbucks in the USA

The final 50 miles to Mission Valley, San Diego is always a bit hectic.  It’s much busier on wider freeways but we got through unscathed.


Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022

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Nige is one of the co-founders of The Billingham Blog and works as a freelance management consultant. He loves to fly in his spare time!

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