Mex/Baja No Airstreams in Mexico?

[iHayley]

I've been wanting to get down to Baja -- that was one of my big Airstream Dreams when I bought my Bambi, but I do worry about the roads. Where's a good place to go for a less experienced tower with decent roads?

[handn]

Try San Carlos Sonora on the mainland side. It is 260 miles from Nogales, Arizona. The roads are excellent for Mexico, four lane all the way. A lot of people who come in contact with tourists, speak English.
It is in the so called "no hassle zone" meaning no car or trailer permit is necessary.
There are two campgrounds in San Carlos that are among the best in Mexico. Reservations are rarely necessary.
There is boating and fishing on the Sea of Cortez and lots of open desert for walking biking, ect.
We passed through a couple of times in various r.v.'s and ended up buying a house and staying.

[345bill]

[quote=Baja Bound;238451]Amazing....no one has written to say that they have damaged their black water tank on the topes. Some of them are really huge! (the topes, I mean)

We've visited Mexico as pedestrian's only, so.......What is a tope?

[Igor68]

[quote=345bill;701391]

Originally Posted by Baja Bound

Amazing....no one has written to say that they have damaged their black water tank on the topes. Some of them are really huge! (the topes, I mean)

We've visited Mexico as pedestrian's only, so.......What is a tope?

A tope is a mexican speed bump. Usally at the each end of town. You get to know the sign very well. If you go slow over them there is no reason why you would do any dammage. I have yet to the hitch, jack, or any part of the trailer hit one. I have seen lots of damage on spring ride trailers mostly fifthwleels (broken springs/cracked frames). Torsion bars are the only way to go. I find the toll roads in better shape than the TransCanada, and better than alot of the Interstates.....well mabey not around DC but way better than LA.

[Mexray]

Having traveled for years to Mexico, and Baja California in particular, We've encountered more that our share of Mexican 'topes' (speed bumps)...

Here's a little ditty I wrote on this subject a while back...

Lions and tigers and cows, oh boy! by, Ray Cellar 2000


It's hard at night to see them on the trail,
Our headlights are dim and beginning to fail.

I react from 'Go' to 'Whoa' in the darkness ahead,
A creature appears while I yell, "we're dead!"

The screeching begins, the fumes fill the air,
The smoke drifts away, I think we are there!

We have bumped to a halt with a clank and a jog,
The ice chest's now in front, along with the dog!

As we gather our wits and take a quick breath,
We count all our fingers and again cheated death!

We look through the glass and strain all four eyes,
The 'Creature' has gone - it's said it's good-byes.

We look to the left, we look to the right,
We look all around, we look in plain sight.

Where did it come from, where did it go?
It must be beneath us, it has to, I know.

Then I spy it nearby, it's colored off-white,
Makes it more visible in the dark of the night.

Laid there by strangers, with a hearty 'OK',
We've just been 'attacked' by a G.. damn TOPE!