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We really enjoyed riding Ruta
3 from San Felipe to Ensenada.
Coming into Ensanada this way you come in from a
mountain into the upper parts of town, with lots
of traffic, and it's really hard to find the
right way down back to the coast. |
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From Ensenada we took Ruta 3,
which is also Ruta
de Vino, up to Tecate. |
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Our last night in Mexico we spent
at Hacienda
Santana in Tecate and ate at this great
taco stand across the street.
Be
aware: The Tecate
police is on the lookout for motorcycle
rider (or foreigners in general?). Make sure you
come to a full stop at every stop sign (which
nobody does in Mexico), and don't make a left
turn out of hotel Hacienda Santana, even if the
guard only lets you out the entrance. Don't ask
me why, just trust me, be super correct in
Tecate!
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The next morning we headed to the
border, which is hard to find as they only have
tiny signs pointing to it. We marvelled at the unfinished Trump
wall and then crossed the border. There
was no line at all and it didn't even take 5
minutes.
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We took interstate 5 back to Los Angeles
where we stayed with our friends again. We asked
them again, not knowing if they had changed
their minds due to COVID-19, but they insisted.
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We took
Interstate 5 north from L.A., which at
first was quite interesting going over a
mountain, but soon after turned into a boring
Interstate like all the others. |
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Just before the Oregon "border" it
got really cold and we
hit snow near Weed, CA.
We needed to warm up and stopped at a Loves
Travel Stop. They had an Arby's and we
grabbed a sandwich. Since it was pouring down
rain outside and really cold, we stood in a
corner, as far away from everybody as possible
and ate. The manager, who walked right up to my
face, told us we couldn't eat inside due to
COVID-19, but we could use the picknicktable
outside (in the pouring rain). After a few word
exchanges he called the cops on us, but we left
before they got there. NEVER stopping at a Loves
again, ever.
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