Taking Libres From Reynosa and Laredo (Pictures)

[qtla9111]

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]

I stand corrected by the Canadian Rainbirds, however the discussion was about the toll road from Nuevo Laredo toward Monterrey.

[briansue]

We are posting some info about the Nogales to Guadalajara cuota route on our blog but not pictures of the road though we show maps and some basic information.

We do boondock at times but we also try to support RV parks by using them so they will not go out of business. Of course there are many places where no RV park is available or the RV park is so bad we cannot bring ourselves to use it. If you want to know a specific boondocking location we may be able to help.

[qtla9111]

rocmoc wrote:
Maybe this could be a new profession after you finally retire. Travel the libres and post your findings. I would like you first to do the route from Nogales to Guadalajara & on to SMA. I will be waiting for your report. Please include safe boondocking location also in the report. Thanks!

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

I thought I was retired, isn't that what we do now? Retire and then work as consultants 🙂

I would love to do the Nogales to Guadalajara route.

[rocmoc]

Maybe this could be a new profession after you finally retire. Travel the libres and post your findings. I would like you first to do the route from Nogales to Guadalajara & on to SMA. I will be waiting for your report. Please include safe boondocking location also in the report. Thanks!

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

[Wm_Elliot]

One advantage of the Cuotas is the lack of topes. Mexico's roads have improved greatly during the almost 20 years we have been visiting. Good thing too, because so many Nationals now have vehicles that never could previously afford them.

[Canadian_Rainbi]

whaley96 wrote:
Only difference is that the toll roads are divided highways with less chance to run into someone head-on at high speed.

They're not all divided highways nor always two lanes each way. For example the 37D from Uruapan to the 200 near Lázaro Cardenes.

[whaley96]

Only difference is that the toll roads are divided highways with less chance to run into someone head-on at high speed.

[Francesca_Knowl]

Thanks!

I love the "RVing in Mexico" posts...dunno if I'll ever get there, but a girl can dream, right?

[qtla9111]

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]

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"?