*%$ bureaucracy the $20K to get a beer license. Alfonsina has another very, very good
cantina. Antonio runs the place and they even have a menu and a waiter; sad to say the place is "modern" now. Rancho Grande has a super market and
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| Originally posted by bonanza bucko We have a house at Alfonsina's and drive there through Mexicali a lot.....about twice a month lately. As Mula, above, says the route through Mexicali is not confusing anymore; they have rebuilt many streets and the road signs are accurate. The road from Mexicali to San Felipe is also recently rebuilt in most places but there is one five mile construction stretch at la Ventana just about in the middle of the 126 mile trip to San Felipe. South of San Felipe the road is paved but narrow until you reach Puertecitos (47 miles). Between Puertecitos and Gonzaga Bay you have a new and well built road of about 51 miles. There is construction between Papa Fernandez and the Alfonsina's/Rancho Grande turn off (3.5 miles) but the road that is available is a construction road.....generally much better than the old road ever was. Then you have 31 miles or construction road past Coco's Corners to Mex I at Lake Chapala. But Mexico is not PC and there is no OSHA or DMV to place approved signs telling stupid Gringos not to drive their sedans into a 20 foot ditch....so you gotta stay awake and see what is happening because the construction crews are focussed on the job and not saving your sorry burro. I find this delightful and one of the best benefits of being in Baja. :-) The times of the trip are as follows: Mexicali to San Felipe 2 hours; San Felipe to Puertecitos 1 hour; Puertecitos to Alfonsina's 1 hour....maybe a little longer if you stop to take pictures and enjoy the view turn offs. The Islas Encantadas are spectacular from the Tres Marias The Tres Marias are the three mountains along the coast where we used to stop at a shrine at the bottom of each one to pray we made it thought them on THAT ROAD:-) Now the speed limit is 110 KM (70 MPH) through them. Even the old wooden cross with the hat on it memorializing Ray Grove who went over the cliff at the top of the middle Tres Maria is gone....his ghost is down at the bottom where they found his skeleton with an empty bottle of Jim Beam in his hands. I am sharing this info with you because I am senile and I have become too nice in my old age---we have spent the last 40 years at Alfonsina's in delightful seclusion because we could only get there by airplane (runway under water at high tide) or by a 12 hour plus drive through the Tres Marias. We have spent years telling Gringos that the drive was through barrancas full of Bandidos polishing their pistolas and stroking their mustachios as they waited for a fat Gringo in a Cadillac to stop to take a leak. We have also advertised the Chupacabras awaiting Gringos in 2X4 Chevy trucks and other such rigs which were not ready for the trip. But, sadly, now we have been found out and I must confess that the trip via truck/car is delightful and we don't need to fly anymore; you could even get there in a SMART car, for heaven sakes! Papa Fernandez has a super cantina with good food which they make after you arrive....bring your own beer because they haven't paid the *& *%$ bureaucracy the $20K to get a beer license. Alfonsina has another very, very good
cantina. Antonio runs the place and they even have a menu and a waiter; sad to say the place is "modern" now. Rancho Grande has a super market and
Alfonsina's PEMEX has food and supplies---it is run by Trino and Adella who are very nice people. But please treat this place with the reverence it deserves. If you don't the Chupacbras with find you and suck the blood out of your goat and the Bandidos, who are good friends of ours, will stick you and steal all your cookies. BB:-) |
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