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qtla9111
Nomad
Dec 04, 2013

Taking Libres From Reynosa and Laredo (Pictures)

The last couple of months I have had to take trips to either Laredo or McAllen. All times I took the libres, sometimes with the travel trailer. The libres on both routes are in excellent condition. I'm not recommending that anyone take them but for us it saves us about $100 roundtrip. Coming home this week, we saw many federales and state police (Fuerza Civil) patrolling the highway. We stopped at a couple of small towns for a pit stop, tacos, and to buy the paper. Everything is open, farmers are out plowing and the oil business couldn't be better (well, only if they would privatize it). Here are some pics we took. Keep in mind that you can now bring $300 per person in additional goods as part of the Christmas franquicia.







  • whaley96's avatar
    whaley96
    Explorer
    Dec 05, 2013
    Only difference is that the toll roads are divided highways with less chance to run into someone head-on at high speed.
  • Francesca_Knowl's avatar
    Francesca_Knowl
    Explorer
    Dec 05, 2013
    Thanks!

    I love the "RVing in Mexico" posts...dunno if I'll ever get there, but a girl can dream, right?
  • qtla9111's avatar
    qtla9111
    Nomad
    Dec 04, 2013
    Non-toll highways. Good question and I should have explained. These two highways to Monterrey or the interchange to Saltillo from Laredo and Reynosa practically run parallel to each other (toll and non-toll).
  • Francesca_Knowl's avatar
    Francesca_Knowl
    Explorer
    Dec 04, 2013
    qtla9111 wrote:
    The libres on both routes are in excellent condition.

    O.K., dumb question I guess but I DID look it up before asking- no luck with wikipedia...

    What are "libres"?

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