Cannot_Wait_4Disney
The Viscount of Vidalia
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The Grapevine is called such because there are actual grape vines growing at the bottom of the hill on the north side. If you are driving southbound, they will be on your lefthand side (the east side) in the little notch of land between the 2 sides of the highway. This is the best way to see them (I don't believe you can see them as you are coming down off of the hill driving northbound)
The San Fernando mountains are a little different. They are the mountain range that people pass through south of Magic Mountain (where the 14 and the 5 converge). There are actually 2 In-n-Out stops along the 5. One at the bottom of the Grapevine before you go through (if you are traveling southbound) at the Laval Rd exit. And another one is just south of Magic Mountain off of Lyons Ave exit.
Can you tell that I have driven this stretch of the 5 before?This is what happens when you live in the Central Valley and went to school in San Diego and have a father who was a truck driver and drove to LA every day for 15 years.
The 14 and 5 meet near the San Gabriel Mountains to the East, and the Santa Susana Mountains to the west. I 5 goes through Newhall pass which goes between the two ranges a The interchange is now named after the officer that flew 75 feet to his death after the collapse of connectors in an earthquake in 1994. Connectors also collapsed in 1971 as well. The Grapevine is in the Tehachapi Mountains.
Here's a video of the area along I-5
There are instructions to click the screen at the end for the ride over the grapevine. But for those that don't want to do that.
I love the drive. One of the most scenic along the interstate highway system.
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