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DENNIS
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TECATE ROAD UPDATE
OK....not now. I'm going to Sharky's and I'll fill you in when I get back.
Stay tuned..........
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bajamigo
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You going via Tecate???
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
You going via Tecate???
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I did yesterday....more from curiosity than anything. Wish I hadn't. Got a big divot in my windshield, one of those repairable starbursts.
Ok...again. I'm off to the gin-mill.
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We went through the Tecate highway to San Diego Monday it was a little rough through the very short detours but as usual a nice drive arrived at the
border about 8am. took about 45min. to cross
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
OK....not now. I'm going to Sharky's and I'll fill you in when I get back.
Stay tuned.......... |
The suspense is killing me.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
The suspense is killing me. |
You don't want to miss it. 
OK....I'm outa here. There's a prize for the first one to guess who I am when I get back.
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bajamigo
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Dorian Gray?
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DENNIS
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Ok....here we go:
Road from Sauzal is excellent through San Antonio and Guadalupe town until mile 28 from the turn off where it turns into a pot-hole zone for about a
mile.
Slow down for that...love your tires.
At mile 29, the roadwork begins, but not in the existing two lanes. It's on the side, to add a couple of lanes on completion.
At mile 32....more road work on the side, but not bad......maybe a hundred yards.
Entrance to the town of Testarazo....more roadwork. In the town, the road is OK and it seems they're building a foot-bridge over the road.
Far end of Testarazo....another half mile of roadwork.
Past Testarazo.....nothing more.
The trip amounts to around five miles of disheveled surface, under you or adjacent to the road.
Not bad, but I won't do it again until they get it together. I'll go up 2000 to the Tecate Toll Road and back over.
A word about the town of Testarazo:
It seems there's an industry there....one large building over the hill out of view........that has produced synthetic Testosterone for the Mexican
Government since the 20s. That is the basis of Machismo in Mexican Society and when the government notiiced a drop in the levels of their
warrior/citizen after the revolution, they decided to fortify it.
Their efforts still stand today as all of the ice-houses and brewerys that service bars and restaurants throughout the country are mandated to add the
syntetic steroid hormone to their product.
Gotta tell ya....Testarazo is one bad-ass little town. Don't ever arm wrestle that kid who stands in the street with the Red Cross can.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
Dorian Gray? |
Jeeeeezo....Now what's she saying??
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
There's a prize for the first one to guess who I am when I get back. |
Mr. Hyde is my bet.
[Edited on 8-26-2011 by SFandH]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
There's a prize for the first one to guess who I am when I get back. |
Mr. Hyde is my bet.
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I want your address so I can mail you a bag of fortified ice cubes.
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I'd appreciate that. But forget the ice, the fortified will do.
[Edited on 8-26-2011 by SFandH]
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I crossed this past Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
HORRIBLE! one hour twenty minutes!
Tecate is not what it used to be!
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I'll go up 2000 to the Tecate Toll Road and back over.
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Thanks for the info DENNIS.
Is the 2000 road the one that turns off at Popotla? Is it well signed there and also is there good signage for the toll road to Tecate? And, then
signage for the border crossing?
I think we will go back home from Ensenada this Monday morning via that route.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
I crossed this past Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
HORRIBLE! one hour twenty minutes!
Tecate is not what it used to be! |
I would not mind this compared to 3-hours waiting in TJ. I wonder if it would be better if you got there earlier, like 9am. And, most likely even
better on a Monday morning, I hope!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
OK....not now. I'm going to Sharky's and I'll fill you in when I get back.
Stay tuned.......... |
Sharky's... Is this the place?
http://thebajaexperience.com/Sharky'sRestaurant.html
Edit: You may have to copy and paste the entire link to see it.
[Edited on 8-26-2011 by Bob H]
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
Sharky's... Is this the place?
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That's the place, Bob, but the fotos and other info is ancient. Doesn't even look the same now.
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bajamigo
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The guy at the bar, on the left, looks awfully familiar.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
The guy at the bar, on the left, looks awfully familiar. |
That's a manequin. It's always there.
Not me, for sure. Long pants....shoes.....a terrible excess of kilos.....not me. 
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I'll go up 2000 to the Tecate Toll Road and back over.
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Thanks for the info DENNIS.
Is the 2000 road the one that turns off at Popotla? Is it well signed there and also is there good signage for the toll road to Tecate? And, then
signage for the border crossing?
I think we will go back home from Ensenada this Monday morning via that route. |
DENNIS, what do you think?
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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