We made the drive down Mex 1 to La Ventana 6 years straight in our 33ft RV towing a Forester behind. The roads are much better than even 5 years ago but it's still an adventure. The stretch from Guerrero Negro to Santa Rosalia was always the worst for me oftentimes with a Norte crosswind and semis coming at us with inches to spare as I put the outside dually wheel on the edge of the road. Last year I had a premonition that we were pushing our luck and thought this will be the last trip down and we will retire the RV onto our homestead full time. Got up at 6am to cross he border and the lights would not come on so had to wait for daylight. Then on an offroad detour from hell in Santa Rosalia the exhaust fell off with a violent bang, that was the muffler and pipe going under the wheels. Turns out in punctured a tire on the Forester, replaced that with spare and motored on making sounds like a Mexicano Moostang on Saturday night. The next day I smelled burning rubber. Pulled over and saw that the catalytic converter is now blowing directly on the rear tires overheating and blowing out the inner dually. Limped down Ciudad Insurgentes and spent the night behind the Llantera where they put the spare on for 100 pesos, I was astonished and said loudly 100 pesos!? They looked shocked and I laughed and gave them 200. Realizing the spare had been on that RV for 21 years I thought just 150 more miles to home, please please please. We made it 140 to the top of the Cacachilas mountains overlooking La Ventana where we heard the tire blow but we just limped downhill and into our property where we have been happily emplaced ever since!
We made the drive down Mex 1 to La Ventana 6 years straight in our 33ft RV towing a Forester behind. The roads are much better than even 5 years ago but it's still an adventure. The stretch from Guerrero Negro to Santa Rosalia was always the worst for me oftentimes with a Norte crosswind and semis coming at us with inches to spare as I put the outside dually wheel on the edge of the road. Last year I had a premonition that we were pushing our luck and thought this will be the last trip down and we will retire the RV onto our homestead full time. Got up at 6am to cross he border and the lights would not come on so had to wait for daylight. Then on an offroad detour from hell in Santa Rosalia the exhaust fell off with a violent bang, that was the muffler and pipe going under the wheels. Turns out in punctured a tire on the Forester, replaced that with spare and motored on making sounds like a Mexicano Moostang on Saturday night. The next day I smelled burning rubber. Pulled over and saw that the catalytic converter is now blowing directly on the rear tires overheating and blowing out the inner dually. Limped down Ciudad Insurgentes and spent the night behind the Llantera where they put the spare on for 100 pesos, I was astonished and said loudly 100 pesos!? They looked shocked and I laughed and gave them 200. Realizing the spare had been on that RV for 21 years I thought just 150 more miles to home, please please please. We made it 140 to the top of the Cacachilas mountains overlooking La Ventana where we heard the tire blow but we just limped downhill and into our property where we have been happily emplaced ever since!
Lloyd, perhaps the drive seems so long from your home is because round trip it is more like 3,200 miles, not 1,500
Thanks gar, Changed to 3180.