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[*] posted on 3-14-2010 at 08:40 PM
TECATE TO LOS BARRILES


Hola, just arrived in los barriles saturday nite.

crossed at tecate..got to the crossing at 6:30 a.m. with no cars in front of me and there was a young man standing outside. gate bar was down and the red light was on. put it in park and pulled the emergency brake and the light turned green and the gate arm went up !! hoila !! magic ? wonders never cease !! i had concerns as i had a trailer full of stuff for their import tax with me having all the receipts and ready. i must be living right !

crossing that early seems to have it's blessings. hardly any traffic and I DIDN'T SEE ONE COP ! an unevent leaving tecate going south. maybe they were boracho and were having their menudo ? hmm...i like menudo too.

a few years back, i crossed much later and there were lots of cops and with quite a few cars pulled over for their mordida. i had my sindicatura stickers very prominently posted on my car and trailer and i wasn't bothered...i believe the stickers really work.

the bridge at el rosario that was buckled in the middle had a detour to a lumpy dirt road through a neighborhood of about one city block.

there is road construction in the el coyote area.

the area of the first pemex south of guerrero negro has construction so DRIVE SLOW. it was fairly foggy leaving guerrero negro as i left malarimos around 4:30 a.m. and it wasn't so bad driving in the dark hours, first time for me. followed a big rig for about 20 minutes doing 80 mph in the fog but wasn't comfortable driving that fast pulling a fully loaded utility trailer so dropped down to 40. really wasn't that bad driving in the dark hours which i have never done. at least the big rig would knock any cows off the road for me ?

mulege area has road construction.

40 miles south of loreto has road construction of about a 1/2 mile or so.

total on my trip south, i saw 8 federal chp cars so be aware as i was told, they have radar. head on, i don't know it they can register you or not ? in calif. they can, for sure. hey, i got stung once !

please do give conchita in el socorro business as it is really nice having a wonderful rest stop with wonderful people and possibly dinner on the way north. hey, in this economy, we need to support these and other fantastic people with balls enough to start a new business, especially in this economy and with less people going south. my opinion...

memories of more details fails me in my golden years, sorry.

BIEN SALUD, DA RAT
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[*] posted on 3-14-2010 at 08:57 PM


wow thats a dream of mine , (crossing into mex with a loaded trailer and no inspection) ahhh
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[*] posted on 3-14-2010 at 09:18 PM


Rat, liked your take on what was going on at 6:30 a.m. ..... :lol::lol:



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