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Planning our first trip to Mexico this Fall, probably Laredo to Chapala. We will be traveling in a 40' coach with toad. We do have the Church book. On Google Earth it looks like virtually the whole tr...
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We like BrianSue's route, but it's a longer drive time
I put in the route including San Miguel de Allende (SMA) because the original post mentioned that as one of the places of interest. There are other possible routes depending on what you want to see and do.
No way should you even consider driving an RV with a toad straight through - we think 300 miles is the max we want to do in Mexico - we try to plan our route to stay closer to about 200 mile days. We do not want to be exhausted when we arrive at our stop and we do not want to have to setup for the night after dark. Never drive at night in Mexico - in the dark. There are many things on the road in Mexico - cows - horses - goats - pigs - and they have speed bumps called "topes" (tow - pays) everywhere - as well as dips in the road called "vados" (vah - dows) - you won't see at night until you hit them. People who drive to/from Chapala in a car have a very different driving experience than RVers.
I did a quick computer mapping from Jocotepec (Roca Azul) to Pharr and got 737 miles - to Laredo 715 miles. A stop in SMA would obviously add more but it gives you at least an overnight stopping place - with another stop along that route. Places to stay can be problematic in Mexico. From Nogales to Jocotepec is 1052 miles by my computer. Again - it all depends on where you start and where you want to go along the way.
Here is another very good but somewhat dated website . . . http://www.ontheroadin.com/ . . . where you can find lots of info and they sell invaluable road logs which are well worth the price. We first downloaded their logs maybe 10 years ago and have purchased updated logs. We printed them out and have a binder notebook we keep open as we travel. Co-pilot (navigator) makes notes on these logs as we go so we have additional info.
On the Church Book website . . . http://www.rollinghomes.com/ . . . they also have some road logs as well as a section where there are updates to their book. Updates can be useful as things do change in Mexico.
