Whale-ista
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Hwy 3 vs Hwy 1 to get back to Ensenada from GN
For those who have driven north recently: Any idea if driving east from Laguna Chapala, then taking Hwy 3 to Ensenada, is a better choice for the
return from down south, given all the traffic/road work in the San Quintin-Maneadero area right now?
I'd appreciate your comments/recommendations on driving hwy 3 to Gonzaga/Ensenada vs Hwy 1. I think there's a dirt stretch from the Chapala turn off,
but will I still be ahead of all the construction delays going on now that are a pain, not to mention the coastal road traffic between San
Quinitin/Ensenada.
Thanks for any feedback on the drive back.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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oxxo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
For those who have driven north recently: Any idea if driving east from Laguna Chapala, then taking Hwy 3 to Ensenada, is a better choice for the
return from down south, given all the traffic/road work in the San Quintin-Maneadero area right now?
I'd appreciate your comments/recommendations on driving hwy 3 to Gonzaga/Ensenada vs Hwy 1. I think there's a dirt stretch from the Chapala turn off,
but will I still be ahead of all the construction delays going on now that are a pain, not to mention the coastal road traffic between San
Quinitin/Ensenada.
Thanks for any feedback on the drive back. |
I just drove Hwy 1 between SQ and Ensenada last week. There was only minor construction work with no delays.
Take the turn off at Chapala if you want to endure 2 hours of teeth rattling washboard road. I did that stretch last year and never again!
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David K
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If you come up the gulf side from Hwy. 1 at Laguna Chapala via Gonzaga Bay to San Felipe (Hwy. 5), I advise taking Hwy. 5 all the way to the edge of
Mexicali (Hwy. 2-D) then go west to Tecate (if going to San Diego or Orange County). If going any other place, cross at Mexicali... staying on Mexico
Hwy. 5.
Getting on 2-D for Tecate from San Felipe requires going past that highway's overpass, go about a 1/4 mile, making a U-turn, and getting on from the
southbound side of Mex. 5.  No direct onramp from the south! 
edit: per oxxo's reply, yes... you have to endure 38 miles of 2WD dirt road... that used to be why people went to Baja! 
[Edited on 1-19-2014 by David K]
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bajaguy
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Take Hwy 1
You can thank me later 
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