Roads in Baja

Oh boy, look at those tires on white lines

San Quintin here we come

We thought Hwy 66 in OR was narrow. Baja roads are worse. The shoulders drop off sharply and the white line is usually the edge of the payment. The white line in many instances is part of a crumbling pavement. When you pass an oncoming big rig each of you puts the right wheel on that white line. The original paved road in Baja is 9 ½' compared to the US of 12'. Our 8 ½' foot wide motor home has mirrors that stick out 10 inches on either side . So when our tire is on the white line the drivers mirror is hanging over the yellow line. Only inches to spare between the rigs. There are still several hundreds of miles of these old roads. Tom loves it when we get to new road that is wider. Then you come to areas where they are putting culverts into the new payment. They cut into the road and mark it with half of a tire painted ice box white. No room for passing there, one of you has to stop. Then there is construction, the detour is loose dirt with whoop-d- doo's and when it rains makes for a big mess. We also are learning that, especially, in a motor home, you don't get places fast. What we thought would take 2 hours can turn into 5, with the roads being what they are.

On route to Santa Rosalia

On the Road to Guerrero Negro