Road Hazard. Coming from Lukeville crossing. (or if it applies elsewhere)Those of you traveling to Rocky Point in the near future. In the town of Sonoita just over the Border on the Mexican side. As you make the right turn from Hwy 2 onto Hwy 8 , which is Benemerito de Las Americas heading towards Rocky Point. There is road construction and they are diverting traffic. For cars, it would appear that it is not a problem but for rv's it must be fairly tight cause here at the Reef we've had 2 rv's arrive with damage to the side of their rv. (One just yesterday and they were traveling in the daytime.)The alternate route, is 16 de Septiembre which many of you are aware of. It parallels Hwy 8 and takes you around the congested area. The surface of that road is crappy but not congested. Take a look at map quest. 16 de Septiembre is easy to find. Juuuuuuuust a suggestion.

A suggestion worth it's weight in gold IMHO......

Any word as to what caused the damage to the RVs?

mrnoyb wrote:Any word as to what caused the damage to the RVs?Hitting stuff due to tight turns! The OP is correct. We got tangled up in the construction but were lucky enough to be led out of town by some very helpful locals and suffered no damage

Here's another one. I forgot to post this. Benito Juarez , that would be Hwy 8 just as you come into Puerto Penasco/Rocky has been all torn up for awhile now. Just as you pass the Sams Club you'll get diverted. The road you get diverted to will take you to Playa Bonita and the Reef ok, but the surface is lousy and ya got alot of traffic , The Playa del Oro folks gotta do some maneuvering to get to their park.The work around is the fairly new road to the beach area. As you come into Rocky Point, at the first traffic circle you come to you'll see sign posts that say"Sandy Beach" Cholla/Choya El Golfo de St Clarita". Turn right there. Follow that road over the railroad tracks to the stop sign. Turn left at the stop sign and it takes you to the traffic circle with the Pemex station and from there its an easy drive to the beach area for Bonita and the Reef. Del Oro folks can get to their park just takes a little more maneuvering but easier than Benito Juarez at the Sams Club,Drive carefully.

As for the damage to the rv's. As someone else said. Tight turns . Hwy 8 as it passes through Sonoyta already gets tight with, traffic, schools parking. It got worse with the construction. Jesus and Carlos. Our local paint and fiberglass guys seem fairly happy with the damaged rv's. The are easily able to fix them. Working on them already.

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Galvanizd
Explorer
Feb 19, 2014
Bill, John, Deb, Lisa

Hey we miss you guys already. Good to have you around.

Glad the directions worked out.

Pretty empty here without you guys. Cooper, Bailey, Merecedes and Porsche miss their buds on the beach.
Mrjuice
Explorer
Feb 19, 2014
will be back
Mrjuice
Explorer
Feb 19, 2014
Hi Phil
Had a great time at the reef.
the directions were flawless
no line ups
miss the view already
juice dog is lookin a round for his buds
Have Fun BVD
moisheh
Explorer
Feb 19, 2014
Works for me. Try it again.

Moisheh
Sue_and_Bill
Explorer
Feb 19, 2014
Speaking of the Reef, I've tried to go to their website lately, and it's changed. It won't load on either my PC or iPad. I do have Adobe Flashplayer, which it says it requires, but it doesn't load. Does anyone have insight into this?

I'm also trying to get an email address for the Reef. Thanks.
hypoxia
Explorer
Feb 19, 2014
gatorcq wrote:
Or Benito Jauarez turn right onto Avenida 16 de Septiembre which will connect to Hwy Sonoyta - Puerto Penasco.

Lots of folks take that route. I haven't been through the wash in a while so don't know the road conditions.
Alberta_Hoghead
Explorer
Feb 19, 2014
Phil
Great directions, all went well.

Take care
John
Galvanizd
Explorer
Feb 16, 2014
gatorcq wrote:
don't you mean from Hwy 8 to Hwy 2? Looking at the map, entering into Mexico you are already on Hwy 8. You turn right from Hwy 8 then head south onto Hwy 2. Then you bear left onto the Hwy Sonoyta - Puerto Penasco. It seems you can take Benito Jauarez off of Hwy 8, which then parallels Hwy (2/8). Then comes to a tee allowing you to make a right turn onto Hwy Sonoyta - Puerto Penasco. Or Benito Jauarez turn right onto Avenida 16 de Septiembre which will connect to Hwy Sonoyta - Puerto Penasco.

nope. look at it again. the post and the map.
gatorcq
Explorer
Feb 16, 2014
don't you mean from Hwy 8 to Hwy 2? Looking at the map, entering into Mexico you are already on Hwy 8. You turn right from Hwy 8 then head south onto Hwy 2. Then you bear left onto the Hwy Sonoyta - Puerto Penasco. It seems you can take Benito Jauarez off of Hwy 8, which then parallels Hwy (2/8). Then comes to a tee allowing you to make a right turn onto Hwy Sonoyta - Puerto Penasco. Or Benito Jauarez turn right onto Avenida 16 de Septiembre which will connect to Hwy Sonoyta - Puerto Penasco.
Galvanizd
Explorer
Feb 14, 2014
As for the damage to the rv's. As someone else said. Tight turns . Hwy 8 as it passes through Sonoyta already gets tight with, traffic, schools parking. It got worse with the construction.
Jesus and Carlos. Our local paint and fiberglass guys seem fairly happy with the damaged rv's. The are easily able to fix them. Working on them already.

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