Where should I go from San Diego?

[MattL]

You're at the Amtrak station in San Diego with your bikepacking bike, ready to roll.  Where do you go for 2-3 days adventure?

[evdog]

An easy route would be to download the Stagecoach 400 route.  You could easily follow it out to Julian and then skip down to the desert or south toward Descanso and pick up the route again back to SD.  It would be mostly known route with available navigation resource that you can ride right from town. 

[Buttermilk]

yep. what evdog said.
best bang for the buck and fun, varied terrain.

[MattL]

Thanks to both of you.  That looks like a plan.  The simplest way to do this I can see is to head south on 79 toward Julian instead of north to Warner Springs, then get off on Sunrise Hwy and rejoin the trail right there.  Looks like just under 15 miles and 1900' up on pavement.

I assume the highway is the only way through, but if there's a better way, please let me know.