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David K
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It is very simple logic for us...
Tecate almost always has the shortest wait times going north and it is not out of the way to return through Tecate, for us.
Southbound, I use the border that makes the most sense based on the destination and that usually is not Tecate.
No, we don't have Sentri...
To us, the one to three trips a year doesn't justify the process/ cost, etc. While I went to Baja more in 2017 on 7 mapping/ road guide trips, since
then I have only driven south once (in 2018). The other times (in 2019), I was a passenger (TV show trips). The one vacation trip in 2017 was with
family, riding in the truck, so Sentri was useless then. One was a toddler in a child seat, so no unloading and asking them to walk across.
I think Sentri was designed for frequent-daily crossers (people who live on one side and work in the other) or have property in Baja they visit weekly
or maybe monthly.
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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by David K  |
I think Sentri was designed for frequent-daily crossers (people who live on one side and work in the other) or have property in Baja they visit weekly
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Global Entry is for anyone who wants to avoid waiting in long lines at the end of a long day when we are tired and cranky.
Once you try it, you will never want to give it up!
Every time I use it is at the end of a long day traveling. After a long day traveling there is nothing more annoying than a long line at the airport
or land border for immigration.
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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JZ
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 |
Global Entry is for anyone who wants to avoid waiting in long lines at the end of a long day when we are tired and cranky.
Once you try it, you will never want to give it up!
Every time I use it is at the end of a long day traveling. After a long day traveling there is nothing more annoying than a long line at the airport
or land border for immigration.
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Walking by 75-100 ppl at a busy airport is rewarding.
Driving by 700-800 cars at the border is orgasmic.
[Edited on 6-13-2020 by JZ]
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DIWR17
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Just a thought on the FMM thing when driving in and out of BAJA.
For someone who has not done this trip, there is no mechanism to turn the bottom half of your FMM back in, when you cross back into the US. I honestly
don't even know why I buy it online, before I head down every year. I never stop to get it stamped on the way down. I have never been asked for it
anywhere or anytime, whilst I'm down there (15 years).
I got a police escort last week to the Sentri lanes at San Ysidro, by the local Policia, and wasn't asked for it even then.
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David K
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The FMM is not valid if you don't stop at the border to get it stamped...
You do NOT have to return it (for a time you did, but that was changed years ago)... and it is good for other trips up to when it expires.
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SFandH
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| Quote: Originally posted by DIWR17 | Just a thought on the FMM thing when driving in and out of BAJA.
For someone who has not done this trip, there is no mechanism to turn the bottom half of your FMM back in, when you cross back into the US. I honestly
don't even know why I buy it online, before I head down every year. I never stop to get it stamped on the way down. I have never been asked for it
anywhere or anytime, whilst I'm down there (15 years).
I got a police escort last week to the Sentri lanes at San Ysidro, by the local Policia, and wasn't asked for it even then.
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It's an immigration thing, the police don't enforce it but immigration officials may. I've been asked for it twice over the years. Once at the border
between BC and BCS and once at Playa Santispac south of Mulege. Immigration officials had driven down to Santispac from Santa Rosalia and were
checking everybody in RVs. One guy that I know of had to drive back to the border and get one.
[Edited on 6-13-2020 by SFandH]
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billklaser
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| Quote: Originally posted by SFandH | | Quote: Originally posted by DIWR17 | Just a thought on the FMM thing when driving in and out of BAJA.
For someone who has not done this trip, there is no mechanism to turn the bottom half of your FMM back in, when you cross back into the US. I honestly
don't even know why I buy it online, before I head down every year. I never stop to get it stamped on the way down. I have never been asked for it
anywhere or anytime, whilst I'm down there (15 years).
I got a police escort last week to the Sentri lanes at San Ysidro, by the local Policia, and wasn't asked for it even then.
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It's an immigration thing, the police don't enforce it but immigration officials may. I've been asked for it twice over the years. Once at the border
between BC and BCS and once at Playa Santispac south of Mulege. Immigration officials had driven down to Santispac from Santa Rosalia and were
checking everybody in RVs. One guy that I know of had to drive back to the border and get one.
[Edited on 6-13-2020 by SFandH] |
I have been checked twice in 33 years. However, there's never a problem until there's a problem.
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ranpar01
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Update from OP on this one
Thanks again to all for the advice, I'll do a trip report as well but wanted to post a quick update on this thread in case it gets searched later.
There really aren't many options for lodging between San Felipe and GN, but there really is no need to stop either. With an early start making it
from El Centro/Mexicali to GN was a breeze. I probably should have realized the Google map time estimate was high based on prior experience, but for
whatever reason I was taking it at face value. It bases the drive time on the speed limit, which we exceeded by several KM nearly all the way. Total
time, including paying import fees and getting FMM, was about 8 hours. We got really lucky and completed our crossing just before the super long
COVID check points popped up (we crossed on June 27th). three days total from Reno: Reno to El Centro, El Centro to GN, then GN to Los Barriles.
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bajafreaks
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GN to LB that's a long run...how long did it take you ?
We stop in Loreto simply because we love the town.
Glad you made it safe and sound.
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PaulW
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Read
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=94775
| Quote: Originally posted by bajafreaks | GN to LB that's a long run...how long did it take you ?
We stop in Loreto simply because we love the town.
Glad you made it safe and sound. |
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bajafreaks
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I did READ the post but it didn't say how long it took from GN to LB that's simply why I asked.
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David K
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Per the Baja Almanac, it is 548 miles from Guerrero Negro to Los Barriles. The typical average speed on Hwy. 1 is 50 mph for autos and 40 for motor
homes or towing. That would be a safe 11-hour-drive, likely it is done in less time but this does include stops for fuel, military checkpoints, lunch
and when Nature calls!
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