trip report, San Felipe to Sonoyta

[bigdog2]

We left San Felipe early last Wednesday. The young man at the military checkpoint was curious as to the cost of the motorhome, etc. He did a 5 minute inspection and AFTER he was done I gave him a futbol magazine and thanked him.
Road is the best it has ever been up to the toll road east ( highway 2 )
As we went through San Luis I watched how far the line was backed up and estimated it would have been about a 2 hour wait. This was around 10 am.
The most of highway 2 going to Sonoyta is finished and in good shape. There are still a few short detours where construction is continuing. We stopped a few yards before the border and I walked over and got our fmms cancelled and passports stamped as exiting. Pulled up to the gate and waited maybe 5 minutes for the 2 cars ahead of us. Went to secondary and the agent came in and with a polite conversation, took less than another 5 minutes and we were done.
All this took a little more than the 2 hours I would have waited if crossing at San Luis and I am 125 miles farther east on my way home.
Another thing is, there is no place to stop at San Luis to cancel the fmm.

[daveB110]

Thanks for your report, bigdog2. If time permits the longer trip through Rocky Point is very interesting, turning off on the way north on Hwy 5 from San Felipe about 40 km short of Mexicali and finding your way (at Sanchez) onto the road to El Gulfo. One may by-pass El Gulfo to drive through the Altair desert to Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point). This is fairly new road, very well constructed. It was a little windy when we did it back in February, with a fair bit of sand blowing low, across the highway, and only kicking up into the air if there was oncoming traffic. The trip to Sonoyta, we took much later, was a fast one, about an hour, with the road in good shape.