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Baja Bucko
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And be prepared to carry LOTS OF WATER....Gallons and gallons....
My other 4WD is a Baja Mule!
La Mula Mil Survivor 2013-2014!
1000 miles by mule from the tip to Tecate!
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proneman
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Crossed at Mexicali.......down to San Felipe and next day down and over to Hwy 1.
Was told it was a 5 hour drive from S.F. by a guy in the Pemex. It took me 4:50.....once off the pavement......I probably saw only 3 or 4 other cars
kinda fun.....but best to go with another vehicle I reckon....
roger
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dizzyspots
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Mood: rather be on the beach at Gonzaga
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on one of our last trips...we spotted a guy southbound at Puertecitos (before paving was started) on a SKINNY tire bike (friday) on Monday morning,
as we prepared to depart Campo Beluga...he was camped a few palapas down.....we asked if he needed anything...just some more water..he had enough food
he was from Britain...started in Alaska and was on his way to South America!!!
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freediverbrian
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At a year per 10k/6mi It will take two more years to reach the pemex rancho grande roads . It is not an easy road to build many river beds and hills .
If there was a pot for a date to hwy 1 i would guess Nov 2016 Anyone else ? A buck a guess payable in beer at rancho grande .
[Edited on 8-21-2011 by freediverbrian]
[Edited on 10-12-2012 by freediverbrian]
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David K
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The pavement was 21 miles from Rancho Grande last month... and 8 miles of that was along the new roadbed, under construction. If they pave those 8
miles before this year is over, then the remaining 13 miles would be 2-2.5 years at the rate they are going. So, the guess is March of 2014 from
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redhilltown
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You guys are using calculations and logic when the topic is Mexican road construction?
How silly. 
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David K
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Right you are... that is why it is a gamble! Your bet is ?
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redhilltown
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I have been pretty consistent that I don't think it WILL be finished unless there are big big big bucks behind it and very very powerful people with
vested interests....which of course may be the case. But that said, 2016-at the earliest- sounds good to me! I can't imagine it making any sense
unless it becomes a toll road but I think you pointed out that is illegal under Mexican law unless a free road parallels it.
It has already messed up one of my fave Corvina holes for that area so I am no fan. Rancho Grande as a truck stop just doesn't seem right...
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TMW
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["I can't imagine it making any sense unless it becomes a toll road but I think you pointed out that is illegal under Mexican law unless a free road
parallels it."]
The toll road at La Rumorosa does not have a free road paralleling it down the mountain.
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David K
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That has to be a rare exception. Maybe the poorest travelers are using the switchback down the mountain that SCORE used for a Baja race? I remember
your photos of your GMC on it.
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TMW
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That race road has a steel gate that I think is sometimes locked. I thought the Mexican Govt was going to give the residence in La Rumorosa maybe a
pass or somekind of discount but I don't know if they did. It was a big deal when they opened the up side as I think the down side was keep as a two
way free hwy for a while longer.
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redhilltown
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I can only see it working as a money maker. The amount of money they are spending is amazing! Maybe the trucking industry in Mexicali has put money
into it for their trucks going south but even then they would tear up the road between San Felipe and Puertecitos in days with heavy usage rendering
all of it useless.
There is a lot of cash being spent in a very very poor country in a very poor economy and after years now I have yet to see or read a plausible
explanation about what is going on. If it is a new highway between San Felipe and Chapala why would you start in the middle? If it is a new road for
a major resort in Gonzaga why would you not start at Chapala and have it finished long ago?
I have read it is the ex president's wife putting up the money. I helped a five islands local once with his car and he swore it was Pat Butler of El
Dorado fame. It is all so very bizarre.
Gotta love Mexico! Off to La Gringa tomorrow! Will somebody please turn on the a/c????
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