We are planning to spend a week in San Felipe in mid-November and then visit Organ Pipe National Monument in Arizona coming back. It looks like the
easiest way to get there is to drive north to Mexicali on Hwy 5 and then head east on Hwy 2. It starts as Hwy 2D as far as San Luis Rio Colorado and
the continues as Hwy 2 to the Sonoyta/Lukeville border crossing.
Is this a reasonable idea (good road, scenic, safe, etc) or does it make more sense simply to cross back at Mexicali and then head east from Yuma? We
will be towing a small trailer if that is a factor. Also are there any issues with crossing from Baja to Sonora state along the way?
Jimosoflojo - 10-1-2007 at 12:13 PM
I can not speak to the road conditions, wait til Oso chimes in he lives there. There shoud be no issue with driving from BC to Son as Sonora now needs
no permit but you can check their web-site to be sure there are no exceptions in that area.Oso - 10-1-2007 at 07:10 PM
Chiming in:
Unless you have some particular reason to visit Mexicali, a bullfight, shopping , whatever, I would prefer not to slog through the crosstown traffic.
I would take a right at Mex 4, short of Mexicali and proceed east through Luis B. Sanchez (Mex 4) to Mex 40 and a left north to San Luis. There I
would take a right on Mex 2 to Sonoyta. It's 4 lane thru town but narrows to 2- lane east of town. Not as sphincter-tightening an experience as Mex 1
below El Rosario. I have passed busses, semis and octegenarians in mojos many times without white knuclkes. It's mostly flat and parralel to the
border, mostly uneventful. Stop if you can at los Vidrios, just a truck stop, but if you wander aways in the desert there, you will find a lot of
obsidian just laying there on the surface. A bit further, you will encounter the "back door" to the Pinacate Bioreserve with some interesting craters
etc., if you have time to dip south before going on to Sonoyta, you may find it interesting.Minnow - 10-1-2007 at 07:55 PM
Oso, what color is the obsidian? I am looking to add to my collection.BajaWarrior - 10-1-2007 at 09:04 PM
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Originally posted by Minnow
Oso, what color is the obsidian? I am looking to add to my collection.
Minnow, Obsidian is Black, almost dull and the chips are usually about the size of an arrowhead, rough and chiseled away while at the same time
smooth.
We have picked it up by the bag full in the desert just west of us at my Beach House.
I just asked my wife if she has seen the most recent bag I've collected, she just gave me the look...you know the look...
I'm pretty sure where I have some stored in Baja, I'll get back to you on this if you'd like to add them to your collection.bajalou - 10-1-2007 at 09:07 PM
Sometimes called "Apache Tears"BajaWarrior - 10-1-2007 at 09:34 PM
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Originally posted by bajalou
Sometimes called "Apache Tears"
Yep, that is where we got them. Apache Tears, just south west of my place. It's on the map as that.Minnow - 10-2-2007 at 07:46 AM
Chuck, there is many different colors, depending on the type of rock formations it was formed in. Minerals in the ground ect. I have one piece that
is over 300 lbs and jet black. Others that are black with white veins running through them browns, reds, ect...Oso - 10-2-2007 at 08:54 AM
