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Bobbie

Nov 22, 2001, 9:03 AM

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Nogales to Patzcuaro

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Does anyone know how many days it will take to drive from Nogales to Patzcuaro? Will only be driving during the day time hours. Will be in a 21' rv. I am coming from San Francisco, is it better to enter thru Nogales or Tijuana to get to Patzcuaro?Thanks for your help.

Warren

Nov 22, 2001, 9:53 AM

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It will take you two days to go from the Arizona border to Guadalajara. Add another day for your destination. Highway 2 from Tijuana is no picnic. Stay on the US Interstates until Arizona.You might want to consider crossing at Sonoita, which is west of Nogales. That crossing is not at all busy. You rejoin highway 15 out of Nogales just north of Hermosilla.

David Eidell

Nov 22, 2001, 11:06 AM

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You might want to consider driving south to San Diego and then obtain your tourist card and car permit at Tecate. When you arrive at the 21 km checkpoint south of Nogales, it's a breeze rather than a several hour ordeal.Warren: Two days to Guadalajara in a 21' motorhome? That's averaging six hundred miles a day in the winter with maybe ten hours of daylight. Most RV's don't like to be pushed that hard and I don't know about anyone else, but I find driving an RV to be more tiring than driving a Toyota pickup truck. It may be wiser to spread the drive out over three days. Even when I've arrived at the border at dawn, it seems like it was ten AM before I got clear of Nogales, the checkpoint and on to the cuota. A first night's stop in Los Mochis, the second at Mazatlan, the next night at Guadalajara, and the fourth at the destination seems to be less grueling. I always allow an hour of daylight to park the rig and do the hookup thing, pay at the office, etc.But then again, I may be a slowpoke :-)
Saludos,
David

Bobbie

Nov 22, 2001, 2:11 PM

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Thank you Warren & David for the information. I will cross at Sonoyta instead of Nogales. I would like to take my time driving so four days to Patzcuaro seems like a nice timeframe driving during the daylight hours.
: You might want to consider driving south to San Diego and then obtain your tourist card and car permit at Tecate. When you arrive at the 21 km checkpoint south of Nogales, it's a breeze rather than a several hour ordeal.: Warren: Two days to Guadalajara in a 21' motorhome? That's averaging six hundred miles a day in the winter with maybe ten hours of daylight. Most RV's don't like to be pushed that hard and I don't know about anyone else, but I find driving an RV to be more tiring than driving a Toyota pickup truck. It may be wiser to spread the drive out over three days. Even when I've arrived at the border at dawn, it seems like it was ten AM before I got clear of Nogales, the checkpoint and on to the cuota. A first night's stop in Los Mochis, the second at Mazatlan, the next night at Guadalajara, and the fourth at the destination seems to be less grueling. I always allow an hour of daylight to park the rig and do the hookup thing, pay at the office, etc.: But then again, I may be a slowpoke :-):
: Saludos,:
: David

Warren in Ajijic

Nov 22, 2001, 4:06 PM

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Sorry, David, you would know better...

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...I didn't remember the distance being that large and I am obviously not an RVer.

Ernie Gorrie

Nov 22, 2001, 11:21 PM

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Nogales to Guadalajara Distance

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I've driven it twice between March 2000 and September 2001. In 2000 we left Tucson at 04:45 and arrive at Culiacan at 17:00, then left Culiacan at 06:00 and arrived in Guadalajara at 15:00.In September, we left Nogales at 07:00 and arrived in Culiacan at 19:00. (We spent close to an hour driving on farm roads due to an accident that closed 15D.) We left Culiacan at about 06:30, arriving in Tequila at about 14:00.Both of these drives were with two drivers in a Ford Ranger, sometimes hitting 140 km./hr. I would expect the times would be considerably longer in a 21' motor home. (If not, please let me know when you'll be driving so that I'll be sure to be off the road! :)

Ernie Gorrie

Nov 22, 2001, 11:24 PM

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Nogales Vehicle Importation

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: You might want to consider driving south to San Diego and then obtain your tourist card and car permit at Tecate. When you arrive at the 21 km checkpoint south of Nogales, it's a breeze rather than a several hour ordeal.Maybe I've been lucky, but both times I've brought a vehicle in at Nogales the process has been relatively quick and painless. In March 2000 it took about 45 minutes. In September 2001 (with FM3) it took about 15 minutes. I found that having multiple photocopies of all of my vehicle registration, etc. speeded things up considerably.

max

Nov 23, 2001, 9:44 AM

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no recomend way sonoita

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I not recomend the way sonoita to hermosillo, take the 8 to arizona, is better and cross to Nogales.

steve

Nov 30, 2001, 7:14 PM

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: Thank you Warren & David for the information. I will cross at Sonoyta instead of Nogales. I would like to take my time driving so four days to Patzcuaro seems like a nice timeframe driving during the daylight hours.
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: : You might want to consider driving south to San Diego and then obtain your tourist card and car permit at Tecate. When you arrive at the 21 km checkpoint south of Nogales, it's a breeze rather than a several hour ordeal.: : Warren: Two days to Guadalajara in a 21' motorhome? That's averaging six hundred miles a day in the winter with maybe ten hours of daylight. Most RV's don't like to be pushed that hard and I don't know about anyone else, but I find driving an RV to be more tiring than driving a Toyota pickup truck. It may be wiser to spread the drive out over three days. Even when I've arrived at the border at dawn, it seems like it was ten AM before I got clear of Nogales, the checkpoint and on to the cuota. A first night's stop in Los Mochis, the second at Mazatlan, the next night at Guadalajara, and the fourth at the destination seems to be less grueling. I always allow an hour of daylight to park the rig and do the hookup thing, pay at the office, etc.: : But then again, I may be a slowpoke :-): :
: : Saludos,: :
: : DavidWe always cross at Sonoyota..Nice RV park on the left side of road (USA) at the border, usually about $10 nite...We get there early afternoon drive across border get visa, permits etc. come back across spend nite leave 6am next morning....border hrs. 6am-12pm ...great duty free store on right side at border we always stop there when we go across for permits, check station on hwy. 2 about 10 miles east, sometimes a hassel make sure papers in order....nice Rv park in Navajoa $10, hard right soon as you cross bridge north side... (usually spend nite there)