Thank you for the replies regarding Tijuana/Otay.
We ended up crossing at Tecate as usual, but I thought I would take this opportunity to report on the Baja road, which we have been traveling every winter season for 6 years.
At least 50% of the road down the Baja has been rebuilt to wider standards, so there are still some narrow sections but far fewer "challenging" areas than there were a few years ago. Unfortunately, the road is poorly maintained and there are sometimes enormous potholes that can not be avoided - they pound the Hell out of the trailer suspension.
We have just returned to California from Los Barriles and I can say that despite all of the improvements to the road since 2010, it is in the WORST condition we have ever seen it. There are sections almost 100 kms long that are so potholed that the road will have to be torn up and rebuilt after having only been newly rebuilt a few years ago. The experience was so bad that we have decided to pay a fortune to go down via Mazatlan to the ferry next year and cross over to La Paz.
So, a year ago I would have said to you that the road is pretty good, but in one year it has deteriorated badly due to lack of maintenance. If you go, carry spare springs.
Cheers
Ted
