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mxgeorge

Apr 21, 2010, 8:37 PM

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Chihuahua Routing Question

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I am new here and have been reading quite a few posts over the last several weeks about driving and safety. We (two couples) are planning a motorcycle trip from Colorado Springs to Cuyutlan, a small beach town in Colima just south of Manzanillo. We plan to visit Zacatecas, Guanajuato, and San Miguel on the way south. Over the last few years we have had the opportunity to visit these cities on the motorcycle, but not on a single trip. In past years we have crossed the El Paso/Juarez border at day break and ridden to Gomez Palacio, arriving just before dark. Given all of the recent happenings in Juarez, we are planning to leave Pecos, TX at day break, cross the border at Presido/Ojinaga, and ride to Gomez Palacio. Maps show Chihuahua Highway 9 going from Ojinaga to just outside of Camargo, (a distance of about 150 miles) where it meets Chihuahua Highway 49 which goes to Jimenez (about 40 miles). Does anyone have any current information on the status or condition of these routes? Also, if anyone has gone this way, when at the intersection of routes 9 and 49, is it faster to backtrack on Highway 49 to Camargo and take the autopista to Jimenez?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to respond. Any thoughts or input you have will be appreciated.

esperanza

Apr 22, 2010, 7:01 AM

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You might want to check out "current happenings" in Camargo.

http://newcamargo.blogspot.com/...flujo-turistico.html

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RickS

May 2, 2010, 11:39 AM

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see: http://www.mexconnect.com/...iew_expanded;#144523

esperanza

May 2, 2010, 6:25 PM

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Given that a post prior to this was about Papillon dogs, I erroneously remembered that this one was about Chihuahuas. *sigh* Old age...

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jerezano

May 5, 2010, 9:20 AM

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Hello mxgeorge,

Somewhere on this forum or one of the others somebody has recently posted a description of the Ojinaga to city of Chihuahua route. He said that the surface is very good and that he travels it at 75 miles an hour (if I remember correctly) but also states correctly that the route is desolate over pure desert and is some 150? miles.

Years ago we took the same route by train. I agree that the route is pure desert, desolate, extremely hot, and on the train no villages along the way. Perhaps on the highway you will be able to encounter some facilities but most likely not. Be sure and take plenty of Water with you. Be careful in your driving because I would suspect that automobile traffic will be light so that aid might not be available for hours. If you have cell phones that work in Mexico be sure and take them with you although that stretch might not have cell phone coverage available. Be sure and have plenty of gasoline, etc. Maybe emergency tents or tarps and poles for emergency shade etc.

Frankly, I myself, would not attempt that stretch of desert on a motorcycle. But then I'm not the adventurous type.

Have a good trip. jerezano.