Border wait Labor day

2 hrs to enter Mexico

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Dezracer said:

2 hrs to enter Mexico

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Was the backup caused by the U.S. or the Mexican side?

Talked to my buddy yesterday in line. He said the sheriff told them it was on the Mexico side. For whatever reason, they were searching every.... single.... car. Red light for everybody. He hadn't even gotten to the 1 mile to border sign yet; this was at about 1:45 and had been in line for an hour already.

We got to the border at 7pm. The line was 4.4 miles from the border. Took 2 hours but they weren't checking every car. Friends eailer in the day said they were checking about 1 out of every 4-5 cars. They waited about 2-3 hours

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Returning to the U.S. On Monday should be an experience.

Call in sick and come back on Tuesday :-)

My friends got to the border at 11 A.M. yesterday and there was no line, it took 2 minutes and they got the green light........

I got 3 miles from the border yesterday at 12:30. Waited 2 hours 15 minutes.

tequilatodd said:

Call in sick and come back on Tuesday :)

Or Wednesday, to make sure that you are no longer contagious.

So it begins. Monday 9:20am, 5 lanes open, the wait is close to an hour already. :eek: Can't wait to see what it becomes during the afternoon.
Some overcast clouds help. Glad I left early.

Folks texted me this am they were at the border at 630 and waited 20 minutes

Oh Man, should I try to cross?

Lukeville | 6 am-Midnight 9/7/2015
Commercial Vehicles
Maximum Lanes: 1
Standard Lanes: Lanes Closed
Fast Lanes: N/A
Passenger Vehicles
Maximum Lanes: 5
Standard Lanes: At Noon MST, 105 min, 5 lane(s) open
Readylane: N/A
Sentri Lanes: N/A
Pedestrian
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@3PM 2 hours 30min per Border Wait app

3 hrs. at 6pm haven't been updated since 3. It might have been even longer during the peak hours.

Lukeville | 6 am-Midnight 9/7/2015

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At 9pm it's still 2hrs, that's fun.
That's why I leave early or stay an extra day or two. :cool:

In the late 80 spent 6 hr after that I was always sick and had to stay another day Damn Mex. beer.


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I remember when a 6+ hour wait was the norm and it was always smart to avoid returning on the same day as everyone else.

I think this dance is about to end. From either Phoenix or Tucson, Penasco is about 160-170 miles away. That alone
being about a 2 hr drive. Adding 3 hrs plus the Sonoyta crawl is now a 5-6 hour drive. Now were looking at LA,San Diego travel time. In perspective, Albuquerque is 8 hrs from Phoenix ! Is it now going to be the same time as driving
to Yuma on I-8 and crossing at Algodones and taking the scenic Coastal Hwy to RP, bypassing this madness?
After 9/11 with increasing security lines and time before boarding a flight from Phoenix to LA was approaching
close to driving. For a family of 4, driving from Phoenix to Disneyland is a no brainer now. With the Peso devaluating
on a daily basis, how long before this Gringo Tax will continue to go on, my bet is next Memorial Day. The expense
and travel times will be considered the next time and not go into $1000 weekend because you have to stay another
day due to traffic. Boosterism is alive and well here enough, but be very careful, this could bite you in the ass.

I 17 south was as not much better...took us almost 3 hrs to go from camp verde exit to just past new river...no accidents, just a steady crawl of traffic.

I think this dance is about to end. From either Phoenix or Tucson, Penasco is about 160-170 miles away. That alone
being about a 2 hr drive.
2 hrs, that's 80-85 mph avg. You drive like my wife. :D

It takes me 4 hrs. to drive 232 miles door to door to my place in Cholla from NE Phx area.
That's with minimal waits at the border and 15 minutes to get gas and something to eat on the way.
It took me 5 hrs this past weekend and I was on the road by 8am Monday, home by 1:15pm.
I agree with your frustration because I can drive to the San Diego area in 5 1/2 hours.

The drive to San Diego area in 5 1/2 hours might get you a $450.00 a night ocean view hotel too!

I say for sure, if the drive time makes the determination on whether you go to Rocky Point or San Diego.......go to SD. That way you can support their 4.00 beers in the bars along the coast and head to the beach where you park your car half a mile away .........but that's ok, I will have my ice chest down on Black mountain beach with my jeep and my girl right there with me.

I like both RP and SD, hard to compare them though... 2 totally different trips

If the continuous, negative press, narco trafficking, shoot outs, and these wait times, even with 5 lanes open, produces this many visitors to Penasco, I would say that nothing will ever stop Southwesterners from going to their favorite beach. Wait times used to be much worse on holiday weekends.

:confused: Easy guys :confused:
If I had to choose, Penasco first, because I can have a view of the ocean that is even better with a cold beer from a $18 case of Pacifico, Sol, DosXX, Indio etc..
Or, I can stay in SD with relatives for free, not as nice for views with $4 beers.

For the record, I spend 15 days per year in SD and approx. 50 days in RP. Best of both places.

In order to make the border crossing issues less painful.
Here is an interesting site that shows the US wait times with nice graphs,

http://traffic.calit2.net/border/border-wait-times.php?type=passenger&sub=standard&port=260201

Here is what it looked like yesterday, Not Pretty. There were people waiting at the border when it opened and closed.(2 hrs at 11PM):eek:

mexicoruss said:

I say for sure, if the drive time makes the determination on whether you go to Rocky Point or San Diego.......go to SD. That way you can support their 4.00 beers in the bars along the coast and head to the beach where you park your car half a mile away .........but that's ok, I will have my ice chest down on Black mountain beach with my jeep and my girl right there with me.

AMEN BROTHER!!!!!!!

ben21 said:

I like both RP and SD, hard to compare them though... 2 totally different trips

I stopped going to SD about 12 years ago. Wait!!!........that's around the same time I started vacationing in RP. In fact, I can't even remember the last time I was in Cali.

Please let us not forget the most important reason, you don't have to hide your beer on the beach !!!

Got to the border at noon, had about a 15 min wait, got to the booth wasn't even a minute and we were on our way. Had to wait longer for the pilot car at the construction on 86. I think I'll keep dancing.

mexicoruss said:

I say for sure, if the drive time makes the determination on whether you go to Rocky Point or San Diego.......go to SD. That way you can support their 4.00 beers in the bars along the coast and head to the beach where you park your car half a mile away .........but that's ok, I will have my ice chest down on Black mountain beach with my jeep and my girl right there with me.

Russ, you need to let me know the way to get to the beaches at Black Mtn. Ever since Laguna shores went in, I can't find an easy way to get on the beach.

I was in Port Clinton Ohio last weekend and met a married couple who told me they never go to the dangerous Penasco any more. I knodded my head and agreed. I have owned a home there for 21 years and I'm over the argument. Stay away, go elsewhere, more beach and less wait for me. Be afraid, be very afraid.

On that note, I do prefer RP over San Diego , however the $4.00 beer is close to the Gringo Tax at $3.00. However
the big picture in the future is that the Mexico Government is on board to extend Interstate 11 to Mexico City. What
will happen to Rocky Point tourism when its 5 hours to San Carlos or Guymas. This will be a major Trade Route from Alberta, Canada.

The other option for crossing on holiday weekends is to get a Sentri/Global Entry card and drive just over 2 hours to the San Luis crossing via the coastal road just South of Yuma. Using the Sentri lane, I have never waited over 15 minutes on big weekends. Then you are 200 miles from Phx. Longer miles wise yes but more predictable in terms of time, nice scenery on the coastal road and your not just sitting there in a long line for hours not knowing how long it will take. Avoid the road that goes directly from Sonoyta to San Luis, it is very dangerous.

Anyone in the vehicle will need a Sentri card or if someone doesn't have one they can get out of the car and walk across, you also cannot be towing anything when using the Sentri line. It would be great if the feds would put a Sentri lane in Lukeville.......

brokenwave said:

:confused: Easy guys :confused:
If I had to choose, Penasco first, because I can have a view of the ocean that is even better with a cold beer from a $18 case of Pacifico, Sol, DosXX, Indio etc..
Or, I can stay in SD with relatives for free, not as nice for views with $4 beers.

For the record, I spend 15 days per year in SD and approx. 50 days in RP. Best of both places.

In order to make the border crossing issues less painful.
Here is an interesting site that shows the US wait times with nice graphs,

http://traffic.calit2.net/border/border-wait-times.php?type=passenger&sub=standard&port=260201

Here is what it looked like yesterday, Not Pretty. There were people waiting at the border when it opened and closed.(2 hrs at 11PM):eek:

Funny I was sthere at 11:30 yesterday and it was a three hour wait for me. Just doesn't match what the graph has listed

How we forget the wait times between 1987-1995. I remember on many occasions having a 5 hour wait if you came back on a Sunday afternoon. If you go back further, Jerry and Kenny probably had a wait time when Al Capone was coming across the border.

Ernesto Said, "I was in Port Clinton Ohio" If you didn't get a Perch Sandwich at the Jolly Roger, shame on you. Oh and their Onion Rings, too.

I did get a perch sandwich but no onion rings! Kinda like their version of a triggerfish.

Anyone know anything about the ultra-light crash?

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Mi raza de nuevo se cae una avioncito o mosca en la choya salio una turista muy golpeada fue trasladada abordo de un carro particular debido de lo tardado de los servicios de socorro ya que las unidades salen del centro de la ciudad, se necesita una base mas cerca. Lo anterior sucedio 6:30 de la tarde de este Domingo






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