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Gonzaga to La Chapalla
Anyone taken the pass in the last week post-Blanca ? Just trying to get a sense for road conditions before our next trip ...
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David K
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Until you hear different...
Bahía San Luis Gonzaga to Laguna Chapala
From the reports posted here the past month+:
35 miles (from Gonzaga/Alfonisina's Pemex station)
12+ miles newly paved
~23 miles graded dirt, 2WD OK, rough surface (Heavy RVs, trailers not recommended, otherwise go very slow)
Coco's Corner is 22 miles from Gonzaga and 13 miles from Hwy. 1 at Laguna Chapala: Rest stop, cold beer, friendly conversations with a Baja living
legend!
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larryC
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Took the road 2 weeks ago and did the 23 miles in an hour and twenty minutes. Took it easy so as not to break my stuff.
Off grid, 12-190 watt evergreen solar panels on solar trackers, 2-3648 stacked Outback inverters, 610ah LiFePo4 48v battery bank, FM 60 and MX60
Outback charge controllers, X-240 Outback transformer for 240v from inverters, 6500 watt Kubota diesel generator.
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El Jefe
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Drove this section north bound yesterday. The 23 miles of dirt is not in very good shape. It has been a while since the grader was used. Lots of small
vados where the sitting water caused holes to develop. Not awful, but it does slow you down. Surface is rocky so have good tires. I drove it in my
heavily loaded Honda Pilot and it took an hour to go the 23 miles.
That said, this is my new route. It is only 26 miles further to go this way via Hwy 2 and the Tecate crossing to Carlsbad CA vs. the drive down
through San Ysidro and along the west side through Ensenada. And no traffic. At least for now until they get the paving done. Even still it will not
be anything like getting through San Quintin area and Ensenada.
One note of interest. Been a long time since I was over on that side. Man, those vados on the old section of road near Puertocitos are world class!
They really sneak up on you. Just when you think you can go 70 again, BAM!
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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AKgringo
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Actually, if you covered the 23 miles in an hour, you were making better time than I did last November! I was driving a small SUV, and pulling a
rugged but lightly loaded utility trailer, and I rarely got much over 20 mph.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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El Jefe
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Yes, pulling a trailer over that section would be a pain. There were two broken semi trucks that I passed. I'm kind of used to dirt roads since I have
lived 12 miles out a bad one for 10 years. But my road is not as rocky. Some times you can get up to 30. Whoo hoo!
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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AKgringo
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Sometimes you can get up to 30!
Or as the snail riding on the tortoise's back said...."Wheee!"
[Edited on 7-2-2015 by AKgringo]
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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