Out & About San Diego with Jim Frimmer, Your Mission Valley Realtor — San Diego streets and highways are bursting with color!

San Diego streets and highways are bursting with color!

One of the best things about your Mission Valley condo is that it is centrally located, making it easy to get out and about to do all the things that beautiful San Diego has to offer.

At this time of year, a simple drive (even with $4.30 a gallon gasoline) around San Diego freeways can be a very enjoyable event for the family because San Diego streets and highways are bursting with color!

Today I will be your guide in getting to some of the more spectacular displays. These are all sun-loving plants, and the flowers are fully open only in the sunshing, so go on a sunny day!

Let's start at Mission Bay Park, right next door to Mission Valley. Head west on Interstate 8 and take the West Mission Bay Drive exit. Go north past SeaWorld Drive and stay in the right lane because there's a big circle that will keep you on West Mission Bay Drive. If you stay left, you'll go to Ingraham Street, and that's not where we want to go.

It's that circle (see red arrow) to stay on West Mission Bay Drive that you want to see:

You won't be able to stop and take pictures, so you'll just have to go round and round to enjoy the view, or go before 10:00 a.m. when SeaWorld hasn't opened yet, cautiously slow down, and take a picture through a dirty window like I did.

Find a place to park along the San Diego River and walk along the river (blue arrows) to see a spectacular yellow river bank:

Now let's head south on Interstate 5 to Route 94 east, where, just after the Euclid Street exit and going almost all the way to College Avenue, is a long hillside on the left side of the freeway that you want to see:

Continue on Route 94 all the way to Route 125, and take it heading north. Just past the Grossmont College exit and heading down into Santee, there is a beautiful stretch of pink and purple ice plant on the right side of the road:

Keep going down to the new Route 52/Route 125 intersection and take Route 52 heading west. If you have time, take Route 52 all the way into La Jolla and just enjoy all the beautiful flowers that grow there. While you're driving, keep your eye open for homes at the top of hillsides, where you can often find something like this:

And while you're in La Jolla, well, stop by and say hello to our harbor seal rookery at the La Jolla Cove children's pool:

From La Jolla you can head back south on Interstate 5 to your Mission Valley condo, and since you'll be tired, hungry, and thirsty, I can highly recommend the Mexican food and drinks at On The Border Mission Valley:

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If you're looking for a great real estate agent in San Diego, well,
let me Google one for you.

I'm available 24/7, so feel free to contact me by phone or email.

Jim Frimmer, Realtor
Century 21 Award Mission Valley
California DRE License #01458572
619-729-5701
jimfrimmer@century21award.com
Mission Valley Condos Information

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