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Lee
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Updates on crossing at San Ysidro, Otay, or Tecate?
Have things settled down crossing South at San Ysidro? Lines or delays?
Has the construction at Otay finished, or winding down? How is the road?
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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larryC
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Crossed southbound at San Ysidro Wed 11am, no lines no problems.
Larry
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k-rico
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Stay away from San Ysidro on weekdays from 3PM to 7PM, the traffic really backs up on both 5 and 805 with commuters going home to TJ.
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Santiago
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Crossed on Thursday last week with no wait at all. Coming north on Tuesday this week looked across and did not see any back up going south.
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bajabass
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Last Friday at 4pm, southbound, 15 minute back up. Sunday at 7am, nortbound 22 min wait in line, SY
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tjBill
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At Otay they are using the new entry gates which requires all cars to stop for about 15 seconds, causing big delays at peak times. 
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Lee
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Question and opinion, please?
| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
Crossed on Thursday last week with no wait at all. Coming north on Tuesday this week looked across and did not see any back up going south.
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WHERE did you cross?
Would those crossing tell me what you think the ''best'' times to cross would be (going North/South)? Otay? Tecate? SY? Is there a pattern
for you that always works?
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Diver
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In general, if heading south, you want to avoid the morning rush of folks who live in CA but work in Baja. Also avoid the heavier traffic of those who
live in Baja returning from CA jobs between 3 and 7pm.
That leaves early morning or 9am - 1pm pretty clear most days.
Now, weekends are a different story ... when the holiday sales start, all bets are off in TJ !
We like Tecate' and have never had over a 10 minute wait when crossing in the mornings. That would be my choice coming from CO (take 95 south off
I-15)
If you're camping, make a reservation at Potrero County park for the night before crossing (8 miles from the border). They have hot showers, water.
power and dump.
[Edited on 10-16-2009 by Diver]
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Cyanide41
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On Wed at about 4pm I waited about 45 mins at SY.
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Howard
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Cyanide41
Going North or South for waiting that long?
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
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Russ
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Went through SY this AM at 4. Only two lanes open and the few of us all got a look at by the new guys. they liked me so I got a closer look. First
time ever I had my stuff pulled out and looked at. No hassle and very polite. Took about 10 minutes.
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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SDRonni
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Crossed this afternoon northbound about 2:30. Only 10 minutes max in Sentri...........the southbound looked awful!
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gnukid
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SDRonni
Crossed this afternoon northbound about 2:30. Only 10 minutes max in Sentri...........the southbound looked awful! |
Crossed TJ this AM with a full load of relief supplies, clothes and food. The TJ border had no traffic, immigration staff is there 24 hours (even
though few knew on site knew this, go walk back to the INM building and there is an agent there 24hrs same with bank-knock on the windows to wake
staff) the bank is open 24 hours. So you can cross 24 hrs a day and a get a visa if needed at 4am. The marines first inspected the vehicle and were
thorough and very kind and waved me on, I pulled into in the waiting area while friends went for visas then the aduana asked me to pull back to
secondary for another inspection, they were also quite kind and simply interested in making a good impression, then a superior came by for third
inspection and had no problem with a full load of every conceivable item for camp/home no problem at all.
At the same time, there many Mexican people pulled into secondary who had large amounts of shoes and clothes confiscated, the aduana reported to me
they were hauling contraband not camping gear!
All the Mexican military and police en route have gone out of their way to be exceptionally kind and supportive, there has been almost no traffic and
no problems.
Our visit at Mama Espinosa's with the family and at Mallermo in GN have been incredible, awesome, tons of nice new nomads. Baja is just amazing, full
of nice people and beauty. The road is fantastic! Superb. Stay in your lane.
I might add that any confusion as to why I was loaded high was quickly explained by the fact that me ans my many nieces and nephews enjoy flying in to
Baja to visit with me and collect rats and insects as pets, which we enjoy greatly, inspection over!
[Edited on 10-17-2009 by gnukid]
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fishingmako
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Every time I cross now I get stopped, never ever use to, just because I have a large truck, do they think all Trucks are the only ones carring
weapons, clothes, etc. etc, while all the cars with the goodies are going by saying I fooled you, I fooled you, again stuck on stupid. I guess they
just don't get it? DUH!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fishingmako
Every time I cross now I get stopped, never ever use to, just because I have a large truck, do they think all Trucks are the only ones carring
weapons, clothes, etc. etc, while all the cars with the goodies are going by saying I fooled you, I fooled you, again stuck on stupid. I guess they
just don't get it? DUH! |
It's not easy stuffing a fifty inch Plasma TV in a Honda Civic. 
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wessongroup
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Crossed over at SY two times within two weeks. South bound we were not stopped and coming back the first time through SENTRI was 13 minutes, the
second was 11 minutes.
Coming North both times were right around 10 am. Both South bound trips, we cross at around 2 pm.
Was a very easy drive through the border for us.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Diver
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We like Tecate' and have never had over a 10 minute wait when crossing in the mornings. That would be my choice coming from CO (take 95 south off
I-15)
If you're camping, make a reservation at Potrero County park for the night before crossing (8 miles from the border). They have hot showers, water.
power and dump.
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There is no Hwy. '95' to Tecate/ Campo, but...
Take Hwy 94 east off of southbound I-15 (or I-805/ I-5). 
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Woooosh
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My local Rosarito Beach road report for Sunday Oct 19, 2009
Tecate- es Bien.
Otay Mesa- Dead naked body hanging from the bridge this morning. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BD523O0&show_a...
San Ysidro free road- Dead officals body hanging from the 5 & 10 bridge replaced with young thugs body (see photo on thread about Marines shooting
youths)
San Ysidro Toll Road- 4 innocent Rosarito youths shot by Mexican Marines next to the toll road last Sunday afternoon.
Rosarito-Ensenada Toll road- a 10 car armed SUV narco convoy sighted northbound last Sunday afternoon managed to "escape" and vanish into thin air.
Enjoy your trip to Rosarito Beach and the Lobster Festival!
[Edited on 10-18-2009 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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Diver
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Diver
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We like Tecate' and have never had over a 10 minute wait when crossing in the mornings. That would be my choice coming from CO (take 95 south off
I-15)
If you're camping, make a reservation at Potrero County park for the night before crossing (8 miles from the border). They have hot showers, water.
power and dump.
[Edited on 10-16-2009 by Diver] |
There is no Hwy. '95' to Tecate/ Campo, but...
Take Hwy 94 east off of southbound I-15 (or I-805/ I-5).
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Why would someone coming from Colorado want to come all the way into the LA/SD mess to cross the border at Tecate' ?
95 heads south from Las Vegas towards Yuma, then you go west on I 8 to 94 west into Potrero.
I guess Dk's map only covers SoCal and NoBaja ! 
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k-rico
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A neighbor said he waited 1.5 hours at SY southbound on Friday. He got to the border log jam at 5 PM. No particular reason for the backup, just too
many cars squeezing into the funnel.
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