BajaBruno
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Loreto to San Quentin Road Conditions
I say San Quentin because that's where I stopped for tonight.
My, how things change in two weeks. The road repairs in and north of Santa Rosalia are still there, but very passable. No soft dirt/sand and most of
it is hard packed or gravel.
The military checkpoints were a breeze. No lines and maybe a casual 10 minute check with some friendly conversation at most.
Interestingly, there was a conspicuous absence of Camino cops in both directions. Going south I saw one Camino cop from Ensenada to Loreto and going
north I saw one. That's not many for such a long stretch. Both directions I saw one total Green Angel. They seem to be a dying breed.
One military convoy going southbound near Catavina, I think it was. Manned, fixed-mounted machine guns and all. They looked very serious.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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captkw
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cops on the road
god I love baja.,.in this BS land of the fee.. where I live 7 months of the year north of the border...the cops.police.shariff's..state park
rangers..fish and game..CHP..and other departments make it a JOKE to live around santa cruz calif. and guys and girls died fighting to make this a
free crountry..what a bad.sick.crime on the folk in the good old us of a...I rather get stopped by a cop in mex than calif any day of my the rest of
my life..It's that bad up here....
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David K
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San Quintin 
(unless you meant the prison near San Francisco?)
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tiotomasbcs
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Good news re Cuesta de l Infierno del Diablo. What a grade and dangerous narrow passage! Correct name, DK? Any old photos? San Quintin?
History of the name? Just drove to Cabo and did not see any work crews; lines all painted and reflectors and guard rails. Signage. Finished. What
a breeze! No Federales, either. Sale, Tio
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David K
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I do think the sign as you drop to Santa Rosalia calls it Cuesta del Infierno... Or one Hell of a Grade! 
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
god I love baja.,.in this BS land of the fee.. where I live 7 months of the year north of the border...the cops.police.shariff's..state park
rangers..fish and game..CHP..and other departments make it a JOKE to live around santa cruz calif. and guys and girls died fighting to make this a
free crountry..what a bad.sick.crime on the folk in the good old us of a...I rather get stopped by a cop in mex than calif any day of my the rest of
my life..It's that bad up here.... |
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BajaOkie
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Thanks BajaBruno,
Got a trailer with a couple of 4-wheelers and a dirt bike in it behind a Dodge 3500 with a Lance uptop. Been concerned of what I had heard about the
grade, Infiernal or not, always an interesting 15 minutes until Microonadas Almeja.
Thanks for the info!
KC
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honda tom
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ensenada to san ignacio today was fast and smooth. 2 green angels, no highway patrols south of san quintin. on to conepception and loreto tomorrow.
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BajaBruno
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Thanks for the correction, DavidK.
The rest of the way north to the border was similarly uneventful, though if I never feel another tope it will be too soon.
I took the Otay crossing at 10:30 AM Monday and was in line for 3 1/2 hours! Secondary because of my boat was the easy part. The radio said, I
think, 1 3/4 hours, which obviously didn't include the lane I was in! The Border Dudes were in a semi-decent mood.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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Archie
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I travel from GN to ENS at least once or twice a month... never had a problem with Policias Federales de Caminos, mainly because there are none of
them from El Rosario to GN. 
In case you need assistance and youre lucky to be in a place with cellphone reception, call *112 and the operator will send a PFC unit or Green
Angels.
In the last few weeks, the military checkpoints have been searching more thorouglhy even on the way south, but i guess its related to the G20 summit
in Cabo.
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BajaBruno
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Archie, two weeks ago the military was doing thorough searches, but for the last two days they were just making a cursory peek, even northbound. They
spent a couple of minutes on the boat and ignored everything under the camper shell.
Of course, tomorrow is another day and that may change again.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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