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[*] posted on 11-2-2018 at 10:04 AM


No doubt Hwy 5 from Mexicali to San Felipe is safer now but back in the early 90s there were a string of robberies along the area from about KM70 to KM90. Late night after midnight a car would pull up next to you and a guy would show a badge and say he was the police and you need to pull over. They would rob you with a gun then leave. This went on for a couple of months before the cops finally caught them.
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[*] posted on 11-2-2018 at 10:00 PM
Place tp stay between Mexicali & SF


Thanks for all of the suggestions. We have driven this stretch in the dark a couple of times in recent years and was hoping there would be a place midway with color TV and large margaritas but apparently not. At 76 my night vision isn't so good but usually keep in the correct lane with the help of screams from my passengers.
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[*] posted on 11-3-2018 at 10:16 AM


Quote: Originally posted by K7BVT  
Thanks for all of the suggestions. We have driven this stretch in the dark a couple of times in recent years and was hoping there would be a place midway with color TV and large margaritas but apparently not. At 76 my night vision isn't so good but usually keep in the correct lane with the help of screams from my passengers.

If you have driven it before, the memory of the 75 miles of salt flats and empty desert (between the Colorado Delta farms south of Mexicali until you are a dozen miles from San Felipe) should be fresh? No hotels. Funny about the screams of your passengers!
Do post when you get back to share the fun with us!




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