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David K
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Like I said, there is no Hwy. 95 that goes to Tecate/ Campo from a southbound Hwy. 15... With the added detail of I-8 and 94, it makes sense.
Good, scenic route from Las Vegas. 
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Diver
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Like I said, there is no Hwy. 95 that goes to Tecate/ Campo from a southbound Hwy. 15... With the added detail of I-8 and 94, it makes sense.
Good, scenic route from Las Vegas. |
Check my first post (and your mouth) again.
Where did it say that 95 goes to Tecate' ?
It says take 95 south off I-15 southbound from Colorado.
MOST folks could see the rest of the path from there.
But I'm glad it makes sense to YOU now !  
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David K
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Lee (the guy who asked the original question) was asking about border crossing issues... not how to get to the border... He has been to Baja before.
Because A LOT of other people read threads for Baja travel information and may not all be coming from Colorado, when you mention Hwy. 95 off I-15 (to
get to Tecate), it might be considerate to provide some more routes needed... OTHERWISE it looks like you had a TYPO and put down 95 instead of 94.
I am trying to be helpful, not nasty or insulting.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
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. |
The brain trust at Mexico Aduana is temporarily have some issues with their problem solving. They want to be as vigilant with four lanes as the US is
with twenty four and the same amount of crossers going in each direction.
If I had a two year old kid, he'd be able to figure this one out.
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Diver
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Diver
We like Tecate' .... coming from CO (take 95 south off I-15)
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CO means C O L O R A D O
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Because A LOT of other people read threads for Baja travel information and may not all be coming from Colorado, |
Okey dokey DK. 
Sorry YOU misunderstood.
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[Edited on 10-18-2009 by Diver]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
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. |
That is the new daily normal as the USA and MExico both watch southbound traffic more carefully. This is the real "run for the border"- with people
cutting each other off, fender benders, playing lane-change chicken and using the break down lanes to get to the front. You wouldn't even know you
were driving in America- it is brutal.
Fridays at rush hour (4-6pm) are as bad as it gets though... for now anyway.
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Pompano
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Coming from Colarado - heading for Tecate
Currently camped in Durango, Co..after winding our way down Colorado's Hwy 50/550 ..Ouray-Silverton-Durango..a stretch labeled by fans as The Million
Dollar Highway because of it's continuous beautiful mountain scenery. (100 miles = 1000 photos)
By way of Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, and some pizza cafes, we are enroute to Baja Sur. Will be crossing at Tecate as usual.
Will report later on route, campgrounds, crossing events, and road conditions from Tecate to Ensenada to Mulege.
Although we just made that trip from Tecate to Mulege twice in September and I think little has changed. 
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noproblemo2
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Is this new? A friend was just turned back from San Ysidro to go to Otay Mesa because he was bringing roofing shingle with a rcpt, was told no more
building materials thru San Ysidro???
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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Currently camped in Durango, Co..after winding our way down Colorado's Hwy 50/550 ..Ouray-Silverton-Durango..a stretch labeled by fans as The Million
Dollar Highway because of it's continuous beautiful mountain scenery. (100 miles = 1000 photos)
By way of Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, and some pizza cafes, we are enroute to Baja Sur. Will be crossing at Tecate as usual.
Will report later on route, campgrounds, crossing events, and road conditions from Tecate to Ensenada to Mulege.
Although we just made that trip from Tecate to Mulege twice in September and I think little has changed. |
That is some of the most beautiful country anywhere. But, I'd avoid driving 550 in the dead of winter.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by noproblemo2
Is this new? A friend was just turned back from San Ysidro to go to Otay Mesa because he was bringing roofing shingle with a rcpt, was told no more
building materials thru San Ysidro??? |
How much was he bringing? Just curious.
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noproblemo2
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by noproblemo2
Is this new? A friend was just turned back from San Ysidro to go to Otay Mesa because he was bringing roofing shingle with a rcpt, was told no more
building materials thru San Ysidro??? |
How much was he bringing? Just curious. |
About 20 bundles
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MikeLikeBaja
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Nowadays crossing the border back into Mexico (via San Ysidro) is worst then going into the states when I did not have my sentri pass. The
aggressiveness and stupidity is twice as bad.
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Lee
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Anyone have anything to report at any of the crossings, North or South?
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by k-rico
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. |
Anyone have a current update?
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DENNIS
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Lee....Do you have these?
http://apps.cbp.gov/bwt/
http://www.planetabaja.com/garitas_html.cgi
I've found the Mexico site to be more reliable.
[Edited on 10-27-2009 by DENNIS]
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bajabass
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SY, Saturday,2:30pm, southbound, 10mins. Sunday, 6:30pm, northbound 1hr40mins.
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Pescador
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Currently camped in Durango, Co..after winding our way down Colorado's Hwy 50/550 ..Ouray-Silverton-Durango..a stretch labeled by fans as The Million
Dollar Highway because of it's continuous beautiful mountain scenery. (100 miles = 1000 photos)
By way of Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, and some pizza cafes, we are enroute to Baja Sur. Will be crossing at Tecate as usual.
Will report later on route, campgrounds, crossing events, and road conditions from Tecate to Ensenada to Mulege.
Although we just made that trip from Tecate to Mulege twice in September and I think little has changed. |
Actually, Pompano, the Million Dollar Highway is a reference to the fact that the road engineers figured that there is over a Million Dollars of gold
and silver ore in the roadbed of that highway. If gold gets over $2,000 an ounce, we may well see that section of road torn up and processed. At the
time the road was built, it was economically unfeasible to extract.
[Edited on 10-28-2009 by Pescador]
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Cyanide41
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Howard
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Going North or South for waiting that long? |
That was going south.
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rpleger
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I crossed at Tecate last Monday, 11:30am, I was the only one there. Checked me out pretty good and charged me duty for a new TV and a
printer...everything was good and those young men were polite and courteous.
I understand that with the new border people that Mexico has been receiving a lot more of the tax revenue that they have coming..
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fishingmako
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rpleger, how much tax on a tv? and what size? since my thoughts are the same.
Thanks
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