ldo_marlin - 8-10-2010 at 07:16 PM
I am a long time Baja traveler but have not been down since late 2008 (newborn). I am planning a drive down trip from OC to Loreto 8/19. Would
appreciate any recent road condition reports to Loreto. Any changes in the military inspection procedures/site since the drug problems?
Thx
Road
tehag - 8-10-2010 at 07:52 PM
Came up 2 weeks ago. No major problems. All construction is well marked and usually flagged. Check points and routines have been about the same for
several years. You will be amazed at a few changes in the road. Vizcaino is 6 lanes in the style of Constitcion. There is a lot of widening in process
and done south of Maneadero. Bridges are sprouting up where some of the big ziggies are/were.
Sunman - 8-10-2010 at 08:16 PM
A cakewalk. Standard procedures. (As of two weeks ago.)
David K - 8-10-2010 at 10:38 PM
Depends which highway... Tecate south (Hwy. 3) has a 14 mile construction zone for road widening just south of town... several miles of detours...
Recommend go west on Mex. 2 to the Blvd. 2000 to Popotla (south Rosarito).
South of Maneadero towards Santo Tomas they are widening Hwy. 1 and again just south of El Rosario.
Detours around washed out bridges from last January are paved.
irenemm - 8-11-2010 at 07:48 PM
Ido_Marlin
welcome. just take it easy and not be in a hurry and drive only during the day. still open range in many parts and no shoulder.
Take you time and enjoy the adventure.
stop and see us and give yourself a stretching.
Drive careful and have fun.
Irene
Posada Don Diego
Vicente Guerrero
ldo_marlin - 8-11-2010 at 09:32 PM
Thanks for the infos! Call me crazy but i drive at night. I find it safer than driving in the daytime. Less vehicles/animals/people on the road. Just
make sure you have someone riding shotgun awake watching the road with you.
vandy - 8-12-2010 at 05:43 AM
You will find the road better than it was two years ago: better pavement, and wider, sometimes even with shoulders.
I also like driving at night, but not between twilight and 10 PM. I wait until the people with no headlights/tail-lights have made it home, if
possible. Also the people with mis-adjusted headlights are mostly gone by 10PM in rural areas.
That said, I also make sure my antilock brakes are in perfect working order, and I don't go over about 50mph. Some of those cows look a lot like
highway...
ldo_marlin - 8-12-2010 at 01:45 PM
Yeah, i love the "is that a motocycle coming?" question. It's always a car with a bad headlight 
ldo_marlin - 8-24-2010 at 09:55 AM
Just got back to the US. Great Fishing trip to Loreto. Road condition overall was good with lots of on-going bridge work (after Ensenada to Loreto)
. The military checkpoints were at the same spots. They did check the vehicle 3 times coming down (they never did this in the past. Only north
bound). And all check points kept a log of license plate, name , address.... Magna gas was 8.13 per liter