Baja Road Report - Oregon to Los Barrilies

Debbie L, an experienced Baja traveler sent us this road report for most of the west coast!

Our Reader Says: "We left Bandon, OR on 10/22 for our trek down the Baja to our house in Los Barriles. We spent our 1st night near Sacto, the 2nd in Mission Valley (near San Diego), made the border on our 3rd day about 9am. No one there! Just had a blinking green light, drove right thru! Stayed to the right on the Scenic Route to Ensenada, no problems. Stayed in Guerrero Negro our 3rd night and Loreto (Villas de Loreto, great place!) our 4th. At Villas now and will head out in the AM for LB. The roads have been terrific, only one detour because of a wash out and that was just N of Loreto. Not much traffic to speak of, light rain. Several military check points, 3 searches, one charged us a dollar just North of Guerrero Negro."

Just so you all know, the $10 peso charge at Guerrero Negro is to pay for the pesticide they spray on the under side of your car before entering Baja California Sur.

Baja Road Report - Rains in Baja Sur

For you folks that will be traveling the Baja Highway in this next week we have been having rain for the last few days from Guerrero Negro south to Land's End in Cabo. I have mostly heard reports of steady soaking rains and not the torrential tropical burst that we can have.

I do caution people however that vados (dips in the road) can fill very quickly after they have been soaked and many of the areas of construction or detours can become difficult to pass.
We have not had any reports of the road not being passable at this time but it is defintely time to drive with caution and slow down as there have been alot more highway accidents recently.

Buen Viaje, safe travels and please send any updated road conditons that you may have. thanks from www.bajainsider.com

Baja Road Report 10/20/04 Off Hwy 1

The road leading from 1 to Rancho Guayaquil, where it splits (20 miles) is fine. From the ranch to Punta Canoas is ok for about another 20 miles. The last 3 miles is deep with moon dust and we got stuck twice in a 2 wheel drive truck. Road from Rancho Guayaquil to Puerto Catarina (20 miles) is fine. - Clay (For neophytes, this region is located south of Hwy 1 between El Rosario and Catavina)

Tijuana border traffic wait times online.

ByTheBorder.com : Tijuana border traffic ... online.

A site I thouhgt our readers would find of interest. This site has current wait times for the border crossings at San Ysidro (tijuana) and Otay Mesa (other Tijuana Crossing) headed north from Mexioc to the US.

Fortunately for driving south from the US over the border there is almost never a wait time unles the HomeLand Securty warnings for the states goes up a level.

Baja Road Report October 16, 2004

We just returned from the States. The road is very good except two spots. Km 96 south of Mulege, a paved detour around a bridge under construction and Km 32 to about Km 38 south of Mulege the road is still from 1 to 2 lanes due to side washout. - Bob Martin

Baja Road Report October 9, 2004

We left Ensenada 6 in the morning Wednesday 6 Oct. There was heavy fog between Santo Tomas and Rosario I found that the drivers side wiper didn't work or the defroster. After Rosario the road was excellence with few, if any snowbirds going south and the standard trucks. It was cool till San Ignacio where we camped by the lake for the night at the first turn off to town, $5 to camp. Than it got hot. so we stopped for a cool swim at Santispac.
The road was good with only a few minor detours. The only water on the road was 90k before La Paz.
We arrived at 7.30 Thursday night in Todos Santos at our house." Lobo

Baja Road Report October 5, 2004

I recently drove the stretch between La Paz and Cabo San Lucas. The desert is just amazing. Take your camera and take some time to stop along the way. This degree of greenery will only last a few weeks.

 

You need to keep your eyes on the road though. There is resurfacing in several places between Pescadero and Cabo. The interim phase of the repairs leaves lots of loose gravel and several cars and the second trailer of a Pemex truck have found themselves over the side. The work also serves to slow and bunch traffic and fray driver’s nerves. People passing where they should not is the result. This resulted in a fatality I passed driving north last week.

 

Once again, beware animals in the road. The stretch from Migraino to Cabo in particular. Avoid driving after dusk if you can.

 

 

Tomas Zyber

Editor

tkz@bajainsider.com