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David K
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PAVEMENT almost to Gonzaga (bbbait report)
Hi David! Mike S. and I went from our camp (Cristina) to Alfonsina's Sunday morning for breakfast.
It is 43 miles door to door.
The new pavement is right at the turn in to "El Faro", which is just over the hump from the entrance to Papa Fernandez's. So it's three miles out
from Rancho Grande (& Pemex) now.
We have some fresh photos I will send to you soon, probably tomorrow. Go ahead and post them if you wish.
The breakfast was as good as it gets down there, Shrimp Omelet, Juevos Rancheros, were enjoyed. It was very windy out to sea, but the bay was
very calm... Wayno
January 6, 2013:
End of Pavement almost at Papa Fernandez'
Bridge over Arroyo San Luis Alfredo
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Pacifico
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Wow.... Should be into Gonzaga soon! 
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I would think that the paving is going to go much faster for this last 50 miles or so. They've conquered the worst of it.
Pueblo Bonito coming soon to Gonzaga??? 
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I heard that Coco has applied for an Oxxo franchise 
I can see it now.....CocoOxxo........
Beercans strung along the highway for miles.....
And panties all over the ceiling ...
Don't believe everything you think....
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mcfez
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So it is now paved through the winding little hill there coming up to Papa's? Wow! Txs for the 4 report
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
So it is now paved through the winding little hill there coming up to Papa's? Wow! Txs for the 4 report |
Well that bridge is over the big arroyo just north of Papa's road.
So the pavement ends just before the bridge. Wayno said it is at the El Faro road.
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capt. mike
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where do all those highway workers stay? in camps along the way? too far to drive "home" each night!
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mcfez
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Wow....just back from this stretch of road. Here's the latest update:
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Anders
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Drove by there last week - progress is looking good indeed!
[Edited on 1-11-2013 by Anders]
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
where do all those highway workers stay? in camps along the way? too far to drive "home" each night! |
Well, the second pic above sure answers THAT question. 
Barry
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David K
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Capt. Mike... they sleep under the bridges or culverts or in tents. The taco shop at Rancho Grande gets a lot of business!
[Edited on 1-12-2013 by David K]
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Where will the timeshare salespeople sleep?
I hear the whales song
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Bob H
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Wow... unreal!!!
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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A Burger King!!! Finally!!!!
Thank god...I am SOOOOO sick of the fried Corvina at Alphonsinas...
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"where do all those highway workers stay? in camps along the way? too far to drive "home" each night!"
Heres a link to my wife's video of the Baja 1000 showing a Trophy truck coming down the switch back into the Gorge where the bridge is being
constructed...in the foreground is a road workers camp. Shortly after this video about 30 of them arrived back here where during the day we had
noticed large propane containers at one shack with a couple of outdoor freezers nearby. As it was sprinkling occasionally during the day a solo women
got up on the shack and spread a blue tarp over the structure...she was the only one there as far as we could tell until the men arrived. This video
was shot right at the entrance to the Papa's access road.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa_TwlknIa4&feature=youtu
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Sure would be nice if the Mexican Feds sent some of that asphalt to Vizcaino!
Udo
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David K
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A couple photos from Wayno somehow went to my older email box and I just now found them...
Here is one that shows the end of pavement, and Gonzaga Bay in the background... Jan. 6, 2013:
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I was down in gonzaga last week and the equipment in the photo sent Jan 6 is still in the same spot .No work the week we were there. Every time I see
a completion date I just laugh
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David K
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Right... the average on this project has been about 10 km. (6.2 miles) a year completed. Now the first 18 miles were the toughest, through the
volcanic ridges to El Huerfanito... but the average has remained pretty close each year.
44 miles from the Puertecitos junction to the Gonzaga Pemex station.
New highway construction south from Puertecitos began in 2007.
6 years later pavement ends 41 miles (65 kms.) from the Puertecitos junction.
There is 38 miles to Laguna Chapala still... maybe a bit less as the word is they are short-cutting to the west of Coco's Corner by about a mile (this
was the older road to Chapala route, and the Padre's El Camino Real many years before!
So, at this rate, 6 years more to complete Hwy. 5...?!?
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
.....Here is one that shows the end of pavement, and Gonzaga Bay in the background... Jan. 6, 2013:
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David et al,
Those shoulders look like they will be washed away in a bad rain....great pavimento....
I sure hope their efforts hold up....
And am glad I had the chance to ride the old road....
Don't believe everything you think....
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