Anyone who has gone to Mexicali for dental work, please share: where did you park your rv in Calexico? What dentist did you visit? How did you get from the border to the dentist? How was the border crossing? Anything else I need to know?

Can't help with Mexicali. We go to the Purple Pharmacy in Los Algodones/Yuma, use the Quechan Casino CG, no hookups, low cost and plan to be there next week. We take the car to the res parking lot at the border. $7 to park the car. Can take the RV there and I don't have a RV parking cost. It's about a 2 block walk from there. Talked to several people that are satisfied with dental work there but have no personal experience, but search the internet for information. Perhaps a option as it's not far from Mexicali. Suggest you review safety and border crossing waits. A few weeks ago there were reported US entry car waits of 11 hours at some border locations. :( No mention of walking entry waits. Last year it was 45 minutes for me at Los Algodones. The US border dogies always ignore us. :BWe've never been stopped going into Mexico unlike coming back. Google Earth will show all of the above.

thanks, CA traveler. looks like the main problem with the Mexicali idea is RV parking in Calexico. i would probably need to spend a couple of days or so in the area, so your idea of using the Casino CG is good. Looks like i could even walk to the crossing from there.

Don't know about Mexicali. We also go to Algodones and stay at the Quechan casino. It is dry camping and has always been free in past years. I'm guessing that it is probably a half mile walk to the border from the casino. We always drove the car from the casino and paid the small fee to park in the border parking lot.

Thanks, Hotjag.that's what we will probably do. Casino ain't no club med, but it has the location! looks like they are charging $10/night now. Wonder if it fills up with Rv medical tourists in the winter. i am considering Sani Dental Group. looks like they're the main act there!

The casino lot does not "fill" up, always room. There are also a couple of RV parks nearby if you don't want to dry park. It is quite a walk to the border. Depending what you have done it may not be in the best interest to walk back. The Indians charge $6.00 to park for the day. Sani Dental is one of only gosh knows how many dental offices in Algodones. But they may very be the largest advertiser. I've used Dr. Camacho just across the border for 16 years.

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Whangler
Explorer II
Jan 14, 2020
We are traveling with truck and trailer. 9:00 am dental appointment in Los Algodones on 1/30/20. Question: If we overnight at Casino Parking Lot, can we un-hitch the trailer and drive to the border parking lot? Or is it just better to overnight at the border parking lot?
BTW, all hitched up, my rig measures 54' long.
Thanks!
CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Jan 14, 2020
Whangler wrote:
We are traveling with truck and trailer. 9:00 am dental appointment in Los Algodones on 1/30/20. Question: If we overnight at Casino Parking Lot, can we un-hitch the trailer and drive to the border parking lot?

Yes, or drive anywhere else. $10 I believe.

Or is it just better to overnight at the border parking lot?
BTW, all hitched up, my rig measures 54' long.

$7 for car, $8 for RV. I asked last month at the entrance and they said you can stay overnight in the parking lot with the rig. This is different than some recent posts.
Zhidoni
Explorer
Jan 14, 2020
it depends on who greets you at the border parking lot ticket booth. one of therm told us that it costs extra to stay in the overnight area, another told us to just park in the overnight area for the daily fee, because they never check. to play it safe, we stayed at the casino then drove to the daily parking lot. lots of folks were leaving their trailers during the day at the casino.

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