Any recent news on when the station will open and will they carry ULSD diesel fuel? TIA.ehall - 12-12-2018 at 11:01 AM
Noticed on Saturday that the pumps had been installed. Still wrapped in shrink wrap though.ehall - 12-12-2018 at 11:28 AM
Here it is.
advrider - 12-12-2018 at 11:38 AM
Kinda sucks for the families that made a living selling barrel gas! David K - 12-12-2018 at 11:58 AM
The previous time a new pump was installed (at the hotel), I asked the guy selling gas from cans if he was bothered about the loss of business. His
reply was no, that he would just go back to fishing for a living!
You gotta love Mexico!
Well, the hotel Pemex pump didn't last for very long, and the fellow was back selling gas across the highway. A second vendor began selling there,
just down the road a bit... enough business for two.willardguy - 12-12-2018 at 01:52 PM
what have they badged this station as? Pemex's are now a rare sight, at least around rosarito/tijuana area.ehall - 12-12-2018 at 02:24 PM
what have they badged this station as? Pemex's are now a rare sight, at least around rosarito/tijuana area.
Pemex. Bob and Susan - 12-12-2018 at 02:34 PM
the bathrooms are open...around the corner of the store
the store is well stocked...coffee is brewed with flavors
lots of snacks
there is also a kitchen that makes food plates to go or eat at the tables outside
overall very good place to stop nowDavid K - 12-12-2018 at 02:58 PM
The building the store is in was originally opened in early 1974 as the parador (rest stop) for travelers on the new Transpeninsular highway. When the
highway was completed and officially opened (Dec. 1, 1973), central Baja lacked services for the newly paved road travelers. The government deemed
paradors with gas stations would be needed in the years before population and businesses could fill the void.
Paradors had these indoor rest areas with a cafeteria, bathrooms, showers, gas station, RV park, and all (but the one at the L.A. Bay junction) had an
El Presidente Hotel at or near the parador.
Paradors were built at Santa Maria, south of San Quintin; Cataviña; L.A. Bay highway junction, north of Punta Prieta; The Eagle Monument on the state
border, near Guerrero Negro; and San Ignacio. There was also a mini-parador at San Agustin with a gas station and RV park.
Photos at Cataviña from 1974:
Green Angels were department of tourism help trucks staffed with bi-lingual mechanics that patrolled the highways in Baja offering free assistance
(pay only for parts needed) to travelers.
El Presidente Hotel, San Quintin (now the Mision Santa Maria hotel):
The El Niño a few years later covered the pool with sand after the sea flooded it.
The L.A. Bay junction (called officially 'Parador Punta Prieta'):
Paralelo 28 Eagle Monument (Guerrero Negro):
San Ignacio hotel:
These signs were in many places along the new Baja highway:
Some needed spell check in English!
[Edited on 12-12-2018 by David K]thebajarunner - 12-12-2018 at 04:40 PM
Is the store selling cerveza?
Was none in stock in June
Also, the pumps were all there, on site, in June
Time sure moves slowly in Mexicobajabuddha - 12-12-2018 at 06:00 PM
YEAH, ain't it great??? !!!! advrider - 12-12-2018 at 06:18 PM
They had beer last March, but we drank ours at the hotel. By the way the Mission hotel has the best octopus I have ever has anywhere!! They were super
good to us and made to go plates for guys that were coming in late on Motos!
