Gypsy Jan
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Heading North Through the Ready Lane at Otay Today, Thursday, 9/29/2011
We approached the Garitas Otay using the road that goes along the border, heading to and passing by the TJ airport.
We may use Blvd. 2000 in the future, but right now, this way is what is most familiar.
A short, sharp U-turn off the Blvd. Bellas Artes feeds you to the approach road. We sailed up the bridge and into the line stopping only in the
signed left-hand lane way past the beginning of the separating yellow K-rails.
Joined the line at 9:30 a.m. Crossed the border at 9:45 a.m.
[Edited on 9-30-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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BornFisher
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Thanks for the report. Hey settle for Brown Field-- nice diner/dive, great photos and as laid back as can be! Quick, cheap and Wifi too!!
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Gypsy Jan
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Hey, Born Fisher
I love, love, love real airport diners. I used visit the diner at the Ventura/Oxnard airport and watch the crop dusters wobble in for a landing.
As we go by on the 905, I always scope out the Brown Field Cafe Diner, but the timing hasn't been good for stopping in for a meal as yet. Maybe when
my son-in-law flies in to visit in September.
I have heard that the Montgomery airport has a decent diner and it is on my list to check it out.
I would happily put together a road trip story about small town private plane airports to report on the diners and the pilots who love them.
[Edited on 8-25-2011 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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BajaBlanca
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Is Pampas Argentine restaurant at Montgomery field ?? If so, it is one of the BEST San Diego restaurants if you like meat ...so so so good.
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SDRonni
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Yes, Pampas is at Montgomery Field. We've eaten there, but don't think it's that great.
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bajaguy
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Ready Lane
Hit the Ready Lane at Otay this morning at 7:00AM. Line was over the Bella Artes overcrossing.......took 18 minutes, easy squeezy
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Phil C
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At Otay are the ready lanes to the left?
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BajaWarrior
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SDRonni
Yes, Pampas is at Montgomery Field. We've eaten there, but don't think it's that great. |
We tried it too when I saw the sign in the window that reads "the best steak in the land". I don't think so either SDRonni.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Phil C
At Otay are the ready lanes to the left? |
All the way to the left. There is only one lane but it branches out to 5 booths. Line moves really fast
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BAJACAT
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last week I did 17 minutes , the regular line had 120 cars per lane, my friend did almost 2 hours...
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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DaleG
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Can you bring your MoHo through the ready lane if you have proper documents?
Otherwise when is the absolute best (deadest) time to cross at Otay. thanks.
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SteveD
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Our youngest son and his wife were with us so we used the Ready Lane in Otay today (Sept. 28th). At 9:20 am there were only 3 cars in each lane in
the Ready Lane and less than 10 in each regular lane. Less than 5 minutes to cross.
Somehow I thought the new e-passports with the RFID chips would be OK in the ready lane. WRONG!! You need the passport CARDS! (our Sentry cards
were OK) The agent explained it to us and let us pass anyway. Said we were the third ones today with the wrong info.
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nbacc
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Anyone done Ready Lane at the Mexicali East crossing in the last week or so? How did it go? Nancy
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meme
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Ready Lane east/Mexicali a week ago took us 30 mins. but the other lanes took longer. The big prob is a bottle neck before you actually get into the
Ready Lane. If it was marked wayy back at entry READY LANE it might help some but as usual some will use it to get ahead anyway.
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nbacc
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Thanks for the info. nancy
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