Imperial Valley press., 1919-06-14
ROAD DOPE IS
INTERESTING
TO VACATION
N D 7 D R|STS

The latest bulletin of the Automo-
bile Club of Southern California gives
some facts of interest to vacation mo-
toristS on road conditions to noun
tain and coast resorts. 1t follows:
San Francisco Coast Route-There
now remain only one or two short de-
tours around road and bridge con-
struction work, but those are hardly
worth making note of. The State
Highway between Los Angeles and
Ventura has undergone repair work,
particularly between the junction of
the Lankershim road and Calabasas,
where the old pavemenh was badly
broken and cut up on account of ex-
cesslve travel. All the rough stretches
and holes caused by the broken con-
crete have been Smoothed out and
the road is in good condition Santa
Susanna Pass road by way of Chats
worth and Moorpark to Ventura is
also in excellent condition, all paved
with the exception of two miles of
dirt road from Chatsworth to the
summit of the pass. Ventura north
along the Rincon road to Santa Bar
bara, paved. Santa Barbara north
through Gaviota Pass to Las Cruces,
paved, with the exception of two
short detours around the bridge con-
struction work just south of Gavio-
ia Station. Las Cruces to Zaca, ex-
cellent highway grade. From Zaca
north OF Divide, paved, then 35 miles
oiled road to Orcutt, after which
pavement extends through Santa Ma
ria and Nipomo to the Los Berros
bridge. From that point, follow good
dirt road north along the west side
OF the railroad into Arroyo Grande.
From Arroyo Grande through San
Luis Obispo, into Atascadero, Paso
Rohles and through Bradley to the
San Ardo bridge, pavement ic now
complete. The short stretch of con-
struction work beginning at the Mon
terey county line was recently fin
ished and the rough detours former
ly used alongside that construction
work entirely eliminated. Between
San. Ardo and San Lucas the main
road is still undergoing construction
work, but good dirt road is followed
from the San Ardo bridge to San
Lucas via the west side of the Salinas
river. Pavement extends from San
Lucas nerth through King City, Sole
dad, Salinas and San Jose to San
Francisco, with the exception of 3.5
|milec of dirt road through the linn
its of King City.
Inland Route North-Los Angeles
to Saugus, paved. Bouquet Canyon,
despite the fact that it is subject to
heavy. travel and is of dirt forma-
tion, from Saugus to Bailey's Ranch,
is in good condition and being we'll
maintained. Bailey's Ranch to Ba-
kersfield, paved, with the exception
of eleven miles of oiled road over Te-
jon pass. Bakersfield to Delano,
paved. From there choice of two
routes is had, one by way of Upton
and Tulare and the other by way of
Porteville. Both are entirely paved
and merge at Visalia and Goshen
Junction. From the latter points
pavement extends north through Ma
dera and Merced to Modesto and
Tracy, with the exception of a seven
mile detour between Ripon and Man
teca. Tracy to Oakland and San
Francisco, paved.
San Diego County-Warner's Hot
Springs to Santa Ysabel, Pine Hills
and Julian, good dirt road. Santa
Ysabel to Ramona and EScondido, ex-
cellent condition. Julian to Cuyamaca
Lake and Alpine, good dirt road. AL
pine to San Diego, paved, with the
exception of the first few miles out
of Alpine.
Kern County-Paved from Bakers
field to Taft, Maricopa and Fellows.
McKttrick 10 Fellows, hard oiled
road. Bakersfield to Conner, paved,
thence under construction to Mari
copa. Not advisable until work is
completed. Caliente to Kernville and
Fairview twenty miles north of Cali
ente, excellent dirt road The road
from EdiSon via Democrat Springs
to Isabella, fair mountain road. Oak
Creek cutoff not advisable. Mohave
to Barstow, connecting with the San
ia te Trail, good desert road. Bakers
field to Glenville, good county high
way. Glenville to Kernville, hard
pull over the Greenhorn mountains.
Undergoing construction work at
lower end. Bakersfield to San Luis
Oblspo, via Mckittrick, road in ex-
cellent condition. Paved as far aS
McKittrick. Balance of good dirt for
nation.
Riverside County-Temescal cam
ON from Corona to Elsinore, open,
in excellent shape, paved as far as
Glen Ivy Hot Springs. Perris to
Winchester, paved, then good dirt
road to Murietta.
Mill Creek and City Creek roadc into
Big Bear valley are open and in the
best of condition. The resorts are
now all open in Big Bear Valley and
Little Bear Valley San Bernardino
to Yucapai, paved, then good dirt
road to Oak Glen Barstow to Silver
Lake, not advisable except to expe-
rienced desert drivers. San Timeteo
canyon from Redlands Junction To
Beaumount, dirt road in good condi-