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Security at Gonzaga

Cliffy - 4-2-2015 at 11:39 AM

Just thinking of a trip in the future and we would like to drag our smaller travel trailer to Gonzaga for a week or so and then go over to Asuncion on the other side. We would prefer to leave the TT in Gonzaga and motel it from there to Asuncion and back. Then stay in Gonzaga for a few more days and back home.

Anyone have a feeling about leaving the TT parked at say Papa's for a week or so? It does have good door locks and nothing loose outside.

willardguy - 4-2-2015 at 11:47 AM

I assume you're talking about inside the impenetrable rope gate! you won't find anywhere more secure. :yes:

Cliffy - 4-2-2015 at 02:57 PM

Come on guys- it's a serious question :-)

David K - 4-2-2015 at 03:01 PM

Cliffy, he was serious... at Papa Fernandez' camp, there is a rope across the road that goes over the hill to the gulf side of Punta Willard... That is Papa's camping beach. Since all who try and go that way must pass in front of the restaurant and entire camp, and take down the rope, that is about as secure as it gets at Gonzaga Bay.

mcfez - 4-2-2015 at 03:23 PM

There are many from San Felipe that has a trailer down there.....never a problem. Also......there is a staff that lives on the premises. Rope is down today......as I am looking. Many folks down here right now.....so be very careful on the road this week folks.

willardguy - 4-2-2015 at 03:31 PM

the "new" mexico! there's a gate at the far west end of the road coming in that gets locked every night. there's now a locked gate to the launch ramp requiring even residents to have unlocked to get in :( and the rope into the camp at the restaurant.
it is what it is.

David K - 4-2-2015 at 04:51 PM

Ah, you see what a paved highway does to one's paradise? Good roads bring ALL kinds of people!

freediverbrian - 4-2-2015 at 07:51 PM

Wow ! With a negitive first post like that you will fit in or get hell. I hope you like the heat

[Edited on 4-3-2015 by freediverbrian]

Cliffy - 4-2-2015 at 08:11 PM

Oh come on now.:-) I was just asking about the current thinking there, now
I was there probably long before many of you (early 70s and eating dinner with Papa and family. I even came in from the dry lake east (Challapa ?) (at night) of there and I love the place just haven't been there in years. Have flown in there and landed at Papa's when he had a runway. Landed at Alfies also. Have flown over it many times going to BOLA and landing at the old runway in town. It's just been a while. :-) :-)
I'm planning later this year and just don't want to drag the TT over the dirt road and all the way to Asuncion. Did 1300 miles in Baja last summer though with the TT in tow.

cj5orion - 4-3-2015 at 05:06 AM

I would also suggest
jus ask/befriend any of the friendly "locals",mex or gringo, to keep an eye on it !


a case of beer goes a long way !

Rapheal also has a "back storage area",,, pretty damn secure

paranewbi - 4-3-2015 at 05:41 AM

Hey Cliffy;
Camped many times at Papa's with the wife and always found someone onsite to raise and lower the 'rope' also usually people around in the homes immediately surrounding Papa's. Left our kayak stowed up against the wall by the boat ramp with gear attached and slept soundly over the rise out of sight in our camp with all safely there the next morning.
Anything can happen anytime and anywhere, won't say it's fool proof but it's been a happy place for me and the wife and if your around there the first of June you should see us smiling back at you.

P.S. Next to the Pemex station, living in a small trailer, is a guy named Gabby and his wife. He's a welder by trade all though a handyman all the time. Life's tough sometimes and he enjoys any left over veggies or other items not worthy hauling back to the states. He is the man to see if you need someone to help you out with vehicle issues also. Not a mechanic but will stay until you don't need him. He also let us park our broken down camp van next to his trailer for 3 months until we could get back with a part (he installed) and got it back running. Nothing was bothered with of all the gear we had stored in there ($$$). He asked for nothing but we did give him about $20 a month for the kindness he showed in letting us leave or vehicle with someone we had absolutely no ties to until then...Gabby is the first man I will see anytime I go to Gonzaga now and hug both he and his wife as I did when we left them.

Cliffy - 4-3-2015 at 10:21 AM

All good news for me Thanks folks!

basautter - 4-3-2015 at 03:59 PM

I would go with Alphonsina's. I have never had a problem there, and they do have a gate guard now.

willardguy - 4-3-2015 at 04:15 PM

Quote: Originally posted by basautter  
I would go with Alphonsina's. I have never had a problem there, and they do have a gate guard now.


where do you park a travel trailer for a couple weeks at alfies?

Alm - 4-3-2015 at 06:46 PM

Quote: Originally posted by freediverbrian  
Wow ! With a negitive first post like that you will fit in or get hell. I hope you like the heat

Was it in response to David's post? Since when stating the obvious is called negative, I wonder.

willardguy - 4-3-2015 at 06:53 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Alm  
Quote: Originally posted by freediverbrian  
Wow ! With a negitive first post like that you will fit in or get hell. I hope you like the heat

Was it in response to David's post? Since when stating the obvious is called negative, I wonder.


if I can chime in.... the post brian was replying to has been removed!

willardguy - 4-3-2015 at 06:55 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Alm  
Quote: Originally posted by freediverbrian  
Wow ! With a negitive first post like that you will fit in or get hell. I hope you like the heat

Was it in response to David's post? Since when stating the obvious is called negative, I wonder.


if I can chime in.... the post brian was replying to has been removed!

BajaRat - 4-3-2015 at 07:02 PM

I wouldn't give it a second thought Cliffy, great folks.
I'm sure you could make a deal for them to watch it.
Park it next to Papa's old half buried truck :biggrin:

Bob H - 4-3-2015 at 11:43 PM

What is a TT? I have a vision in my own mind....

willardguy - 4-4-2015 at 09:33 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Bob H  
What is a TT? I have a vision in my own mind....


travel trailer

Alm - 4-6-2015 at 12:13 PM

Most TT have flimsy FG doors. And flimsier yet storage hatches, with primitive lock that can be opened with any key. And, if your TT is like most of them - with front bed - then it is possible to get in through the front storage hatch and lift the bed. If they want to get in, they will. Break-ins rarely happen on camps with live-in owner. I've been leaving mine for a few years now (on another camp), and simply flying back, faster and cheaper.

Cliffy - 4-6-2015 at 04:16 PM

You are correct on the one outside hatch that I need to work on but the main door has been remade and with a dead bolt. They could always just kick a window in though.
Thanks to all the help here the trip is in the planning right now but a few months away.
Alm- you say you fly down? Your own plane? I have a Mooney that I might get back to flying down there this year. I do 100+ hr/yr NOB.

Alm - 4-6-2015 at 04:40 PM

No, Cliffy - plane would've been one toy "too many". I'm using commercial flights and ABC/Aguilla bus.

Tomas Tierra - 4-14-2015 at 05:45 PM

Did somebody say TT?

Cliffy - 4-14-2015 at 07:56 PM

Yes my TT that I will drag to Gonzga

redhilltown - 4-14-2015 at 11:28 PM

Always felt very very safe at Papa's