Angelos
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Leaving La Paz and entering via Tecate in RV
Has anyone heard of needing to leave perishables behind in La Paz because they are confiscated at the military checkpoints going up the Baja?
I was thinking we would need to deal with that at GN, but someone just told me we will have to deal with it at the first military checkpoint after
leaving La Paz.
Thanks.
Charlene
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woody with a view
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define perishable.
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longlegsinlapaz
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The former first military checkpoint about 5 miles outside of Comitan has been closed for a while now. That aside, I've never had any military
checkpoint, other than Guerrero Negro (now also, apparently closed) inquire about food items, most specifically citrus fruits. The military
checkpoints are checking for illegal drugs & weapons. So eat your perishables to your heart's content & get rid of them all before you
attempt to cross back into the US, which is the first place I'd expect perishables & dry dog food to be an issue.
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Angelos
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Thanks LongLegs! We will do this and certainly report here if there is anything different.
Woody - perishables (per Merriam-Webster): "liable to spoil or decay <such perishable products as fruit, vegetables, butter, and eggs>".
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RnR
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The agriculture inspections at GN southbound and La Paz northbound are totally separate from the military inspections. The ag inspection stations
were there before the military moved in and set up shop at the same place. You can actually go through two inspections, one by the military and
another by the ag inspector.
The ag inspections are similiar to the ag inspections in the states when you try to enter California. They don't want produce coming in that could
infect what is grown in the state of BCS (or California). This is the reason for the southbound bug spray/disinfection at GN. Both stations are
currently inoperative but this could change tomorrow. (Or when the state gets enough money to pay the inspector!)
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woody with a view
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i would expect to bring very few perishables across the border. use what you have and stock up on the north side.
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Angelos
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Thanks for the clarification on ag vs. military inspections. It sounds like the ag station, if open, will have similar restrictions as the one
entering BCS at GN.
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David K
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Eggs and certain fruit (see list I have posted in the past) and all types of potatoes cannot come back into the U.S., along with chicken, pork or dog
food kibble.
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I just made that same trip 1 week ago in my 30-foot RV from Loreto and crossed at Tecate. Make sure that you stop at L.A. Cetto winery in Guadalupe
and have their 2006 Neibiello (sic) wine. I thought the 2005 were good but this might just be better! This is coming from someone who really enjoys
his good California Cabernets. It's a beautiful place to spend a couple of hours. Tell Gus, who serves the sample wines, hello from Howard
Now back to the subject at hand. I had some oranges, cheese and lunch meats in the fridge, all bought in Loreto and was never questioned at any of
the military stops. They almost always looked in the fridge and said nothing. Now at the border, they took my 3 oranges and left the cheese and
lunch meats after I told him is was turkey and turkey ham and not ham. He probably would of taken away the sliced ham if it was not turkey ham. I
told him I had a little kibble for my dog and as I suspected, he took that.
Monday morning around 9:30, there was a 30-minute wait and 10 or so minutes in secondary. Expect to be pulled into secondary with the RV.
Now, something important! If your RV is anywhere close to 30 feet, enter the border from the lane to the left, the 2nd option. You have a much bigger
turner radius than the first lane and it is not problema.
Any questions, just U-2U me.
Howard
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
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