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gandj

Sep 17, 2008, 9:20 AM

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Mexicali or Nogales?

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I (51 year old female) will be driving from Victoria, BC to PV in late November, hopefully with my daughter for company and shared driving. I was originally thinking of crossing at Mexicali and then taking the #2 until I connect with the #15. A friend has fed me some horror stories about the Baja and Tijuana (not that I was crossing there) and made me nervous now about driving down. So, should I drive through Arizona and cross at Nogales?

bournemouth

Sep 17, 2008, 11:23 AM

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Re: [gandj] Mexicali or Nogales?

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Personally, I would but I'm sure you'll get more information from other people.

Rolly

Sep 17, 2008, 11:29 AM

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Crossing at Nogales beats driving highway 2.

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RickS

Sep 17, 2008, 2:19 PM

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The old adage used to be "stay driving in the US as long as reasonably possible". I think it may still be an wise decision. A friend, who has driven Hiway 2 often has said in the past, "Mexican hiway 2 (is) miles and miles of ugly desert with absolutely no acceptable rest stops or emergency stops."

He and others have said that the Lukeville crossing is an OK alternative to using some of Hiway 2 south from there (but not on weekends!), but for my money, I'd go on over to Tucson and use the Mariposa crossing in Nogales. And, unless you're coming in the dead of winter you might consider coming the Salt Lake City route from Seattle rather than going down I-5. Late November could be iffy 'tho.

(This post was edited by RickS on Sep 17, 2008, 3:40 PM)

robrt8

Sep 17, 2008, 3:05 PM

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The Mariposa crossing SB is excellent. Here's some info:

http://www.rimjournal.com/...n/alamos/highway.htm

gandj

Sep 17, 2008, 3:20 PM

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Thank you for the feedback and great information!