Date:         Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:15:01 -0700
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From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Baja Whale trip, success! Video!
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That was more of an issue in the past. We didn't see any of those
commercial RV caravans on this trip. In any case there are so many more
gas stations now than there used to be and the stations are all
modernized with multiple pump islands. Those big RVs are often diesel
and diesel pump islands are set away from the gas islands anyway.

Lots of RV folk take one of those caravans on their first Baja trip and
then they learn that they are better off without the large group and
they realize their fears were overblown. The cost of taking part in one
of those RV parades is substantial and few people would do it twice once
they see how easy Baja really is.

We stopped for gas 10 times at 9 different stations. No problems other
than one station with a bad dollar/peso exchange rate. Most stations
offered something close to the official exchange rate so you could pay
with either currency and get a fair shake.

Mark

Don Hanson wrote:
>
>      Those commercial RV trips, 'careful'  people sign up, get in line
> behind a Caravan Leader and do the Baja Trip as defined by the company
> who's organized the Caravan.....Those groups are often troublesome.
> When encountered, they can cause frustration amongst all the other
> traffic on the Baja 1 highway as everyone tries to get around multiple
> motorhomes.   If you should need fuel and your logistics demand you to
> share a station with one of those caravans...it will take some time and
> they sometimes suck up all the gas the station has.
>
>    You may encounter irritated or impatient commercial traffic around or
> interspersed with these RV Caravans...sometimes the locals drive pretty
> agro..take chances that you might not expect..  Driving in Baja is
> fun...but perhaps a bit more dangerous than in the United States...If
> you go with an "Agenda" a time schedule, you should expect to deviate
> from it.  Don't be upset or expect things to be totally
> 'predictable'....it IS different.
>
>