breimz
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1 or 5? towing trailer San Diego to Cabo
Looking for some road advice...headed to Cabo pulling 5k trailer. Was planning Mexicali - San Felipe - Guerro
- Mulege - La Paz - Cabo. However concerns are weather in Mountains and trying to get there quick. Thoughts on the 1 the whole way vs going 5 down and
where should I be concerned or avoid? See snow in forecast at peaks, ignorance is fear. Thank you!
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I would take the 5 route. The snow on I-8 is always cleared quickly, snow conditions on 8 rarely last more than half day.
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5 is much easier. Avoids all the stop and go in the little towns. Also avoids the very winding road just past El Rosario. Mexicali is easier to
deal with vs. TJ.
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Think my concern(just haven't traveled the whole section) is Mex side from San Felipe south to where it meets HWY 1 by Punta Preita and then to Santa
Rosalia. Believe it is not a worry altitude wise, just can't tell from my eyes on the map here.
Thank you guys so much!
[Edited on 3-1-2023 by breimz]
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The only section of MX 5 that should concern you is the stretch just south of San Felipe. It is still relatively narrow with some vados (dips) that
could cause you problems with the trailer if you enter them too fast!
From Puertecitos south is all good road. It is my choice when headed down from NorCal, and is probably less driving time for you, even with the
drive over to Calexico.
By the way, welcome to the forum!
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breimz
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Beautiful, thank you all again and appreciate the heads up on the dips!
Cheers- see you in the sand! 
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go down one way come back the other 
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Drive slower and take your time
Haste makes waste on Baja roads-
especially towing a trailer
Always seemed to me like the trucks were wanting to push me on 5
Several passed me on right hand turns where I couldn't even see around the corner let alone them being able to see.
POT HOLES bend trailer axles!! Don't ask me how I know.
Its NOT a 65 MPH road by any means.
Many have tried to do too many miles each day just "to get there"!
They try to do too much in just a few days.
The beauty of Baja is to "SLOW DOWN" and enjoy the journey.
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About those potholes....
On that stretch of older pavement south of S.F. they appear to get filled pretty often, but I suspect that there is a full-time effort by the road
crews to re-locate them!
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David K
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For sure, that will guarantee never using Hwy. 1 again (towing)! LOL
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I towed a 32 foot boat on a 35 foot trailer once up the 1. 9'6" beam.
Man that stretch through mountains before El Rosario was a b#tch.
We hit it just as the sun was setting, which made it 3x worse. If you do the 1, watch your clock.
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i cant understand why everyone suggests Mexicali when the poster is in san diego
its 2 hours drive to Mexicali over a BIG mountain on the 8frwy that get closed all the time for high winds and bad weather... lots of stress on a
truck pulling a trailer.
in 2 hours from san diego you can be in ensenada
in 8-10 you are in guerrero negro
if something goes sideways there are lots of repair locations
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Quote: Originally posted by Bob and Susan  | i cant understand why everyone suggests Mexicali when the poster is in san diego
its 2 hours drive to Mexicali over a BIG mountain on the 8frwy that get closed all the time for high winds and bad weather... lots of stress on a
truck pulling a trailer.
in 2 hours from san diego you can be in ensenada
in 8-10 you are in guerrero negro
if something goes sideways there are lots of repair locations
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Susan,
From San Diego it is fastest to drive via Mexicali. Weather forecast can be used to avoid rare high winds and snow on I-8.
The 5 route avoids a lot of hilly/curvy/narrow road on 1.
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Goat is correct.
I also live in San Diego area, and it is faster and less stressful to drive the freeway and roads to Calexico/Mexicali and then head south... anytime
you are going south of Laguna Chapala.
Bob, if you like all that farm town traffic (San Quintin to Camalu) and crossing the city of Ensenada (takes nearly an hour) and the twisty mountain
sections around Santo Tomás and El Rosario... keep using Hwy. 1. Little of that on Hwy. 5, San Felipe and Mexicali traffic only. You can also avoid
Mexicali and use 2-D to zip over to Tecate!
[Edited on 3-3-2023 by David K]
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you guys are wrong
if you are in san diego... and going to cabo... use the #1 road
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Susy,
Sounds like you like the 1. I do too, but sometimes time trumps scenery. Drive the route you like. The rest of us will drive the ugly route but spend
less time on the road!
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Agreed, looking at the map, Mexicali makes no sense from SD. But in reality, much nicer, faster, less stressful. Not sure how long that will last
though.
In that pre-Google Earth and social media epoch, The Code was adhered to. It was based on a simple verity: if a locale had been transformational for
you, and you had put the hard yards in to get there and to learn it, to know it, why in god�s name would you broadcast the news, thus ruining the
future experience not only for yourself, but for future adventurers?
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David K
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Really Bob, it's true... Ask Google "San Diego to Cabo San Lucas directions" and this is the map that is created... What does Goat say, trust the
science, lol?
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