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mtgoat666
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You seem to have quite an obsession with documenting this road building. Why didn't you stop in one of the several work camps and interview the
workers re schedule? I usually see engineer types when I drive that road, out on the jobsite doing their field engineering things,, I am pretty sure
one of them would tell you what's up.
Quote: Originally posted by David K  | Hi Nomads,
I was on Hwy. 5 yesterday (Sunday) all the way to Hwy. 1.
NOT ONE INCH of new pavement has been added to the section under construction in the past ~ 1.5 years (we drove it in July 2015 and it was about 6
mos. old I think then).
Crews were sitting around on site but no machines were operating except for a water on the Laguna Chapala crossing. It was Sunday, but I think I have
seen them work Sundays before?
Except for maybe 3 completed bridges and the road bed across the Chapala valley, it is hardly any different, through the mountain section, than in
July 2015.
We just got home tonight, so look for a full, photo-filled trip report soon!
OH, they changed the kilometer markers somewhere south of Puertecitos! The Gonzaga Pemex was Km. 150 last year, and now is Km. 147 (just south of the
marker).
Pavement ends just over 20 kilometers south (Km. 167 1/2).
My odometer has the dirt from there to Coco's Corner at 9.9 miles and Coco's to Hwy. 1 at 12.6 miles. There are some small sections of new road bed
you do get to drive on which lowered the overall miles by a tiny bit from my readings last year. Dirt total now 22.5 miles.
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David K
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I don't care what's up, just glad they are not rushing things, lol!
Seriously, it was posted on Nomad a few weeks ago that the Mexican Environmental people got worked up because a few cardón and boojum trees were not
boxed and replanted that were in the way (or something like that)... Where were these folks in 1973 when the Hwy. 1 construction destroyed thousands
and thousands of them?
People are interested in the progress (or lack thereof) of this highway. People enjoy Nomad when it is interesting or provides information. Not so
much when Nomads put down others for what is posted.
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chuckie
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What is "lol"?
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David K
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Laughing Out Loud
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chuckie
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Oh...
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fish101
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I don't care what others say about you David, you have been doing a great job on this Highway 5 information. Sometimes I can't believe the comments
coming out of some of the older Nomads.. You must have rubbed some of them the wrong way.. Safe travels my friend..
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David K
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LOL... I think they just need attention? I love Baja and I love people... most who act that way have never met me so we have never "rubbed"! LOL
(laughing out loud)
Baja is a wonderful place, and a gift indeed... I have been writing about Baja since I was 15 when I published my first guide (1973). Almost 59 now, I
am not changing because a few think the sharing with fellow Baja lovers is what spoils a place (rather than the easy access by modern roads and lack
of appreciation for a rugged land such corridors allow).
Thank you fish101 (it was the fishing that attracted my family to Baja in the 1960s).
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jack
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Keep up the good reporting David. I have been following the road construction for years now hoping it will soon be in good enough shape to pull my
trailer over. So far I have been quite disappointed. It is interesting as to how many people say the road is in good enough shape right now to pull an
RV over it and how many people who have done it and say they won't do it again until there is major improvements. I guess it all depends on how much
abuse you figure your RV can take before it starts to fall apart.
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: Originally posted by jack | | It is interesting as to how many people say the road is in good enough shape right now to pull an RV over it and how many people who have done it and
say they won't do it again until there is major improvements. I guess it all depends on how much abuse you figure your RV can take before it starts to
fall apart. |
You can pull a Subaru and a trailer on this road!LOL
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by jack | | Keep up the good reporting David. I have been following the road construction for years now hoping it will soon be in good enough shape to pull my
trailer over. So far I have been quite disappointed. It is interesting as to how many people say the road is in good enough shape right now to pull an
RV over it and how many people who have done it and say they won't do it again until there is major improvements. I guess it all depends on how much
abuse you figure your RV can take before it starts to fall apart. |
Any rock base road will not be fun to drive on in a motorhome or towing a trailer... it just rattles stuff to death. Big shakey box of dishes!
Paved or sand based, non-washboard graded roads only!
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