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    Barb’s Dog Rescue trouble

    Really? Antivaxxer conspiracy theories? And if I got my 7th booster and still didn’t die, what would that tell you about safety? I think what happened to this forum is that it became the bathroom wall of last resort for a half dozen people who got banned or fact-checked everyplace else. To...
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    China Projects 20% Car Marketshare in Mexico 2023

    Don’t forget the Volvo plant in South Carolina.
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    Barb’s Dog Rescue trouble

    You may want run that past a lawyer, and anyone with a business in town has all kinds of ways to profit by ingratiating themselves with the local government. You’re also wrong about Volvos. Two models sold in the US are made in their South Carolina plant, which is expanding. You rarely...
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    Barb’s Dog Rescue trouble

    Fraud is when you deprive someone of their property or wealth through dishonest means. Whether you do this to profit or merely to injure another party is irrelevant. We have given a lot of money to and and done significant volunteer work for Barb’s. I have a dog we adopted from Barb‘s on my...
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    Get out the Sand bags !

    This is emphatically not true. Retired physical scientist here.
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    Desal last minute push by Dougie

    Everybody with a connection to either Puerto Peñasco or Phoenix should read this. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/10/climate/arizona-desalination-water-climate.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico.
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    CFE...Don't trust, and verify!

    We have solar panels and for much of the year generate more than we use. But our bill in never zero. There is always about 40 pesos, for renting the meter or something.
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    Rocky Point water situation

    We’ve been riding our Can Am with a SxS group that is very knowledgeable of the local terrain. We ride all around the edge of Puerto Peñasco. Laguna Shores and beyond, back across Benito Juarez by Barb’s Dog Rescue, and on out by the Airport. Much of this land was once ranches. We commonly...
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    Has anybody had any issues crossing Lukeville?

    I prefer driving up to San Louis Rio Colorado and going through Yuma.
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    Dumb question, but ...

    Yes. And your Mexican Sam’s card may or may not work in the US. Supposedly there is an app you can use.
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    Has anybody had any issues crossing Lukeville?

    I crossed at Lukeville two hours ago and had an unusual (very good) experience. Line was maybe 15 minutes long. As I crept up to the overhang, a female Mexican officer in uniform, standing 30 meters north of the border waved me over. She asked if I had narcotics, over $10,000 in cash or a...
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    Route to Ensenada MX

    We’ve driven from Puerto Peñasco to the Valle de Guadalupe wine region and sometimes on to Ensenada. Tecate is on the way. Most roads in Baja seem to be better than what we have in Sonora.
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    Patio Furniture

    We’ve got a lot of Sam’s Mexico stuff plus a little from a previous residence in the California desert. It’s fine.
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    Windy

    It was bad in Islas Del Mar too, but I don’t have precise numbers. At about 2:30 yesterday afternoon I was out in Cholla Bay in a Hobie pedal kayak when the wind ticked up from below my limit to about my limit. No trouble getting back in, but it wasn’t my favorite.
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    Big Solar event today

    40 to 50 military and National Guard were deployed along the access routes to Sandy Beach as the dignitaries met yesterday afternoon.
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