Oceanside to Tijuana and back

Oceanside, CA

The marina and mobile homes from our 3rd floor room window.


Roofs
Close up look at the tiled roofs in California.


Bus to Tijuana

We may have been over cautious, but we emptied the saddle bags on the bike and took only what would fit in our pockets to Tijuana, MX. We rode to the last exit in the US and parked the bike in a pay lot. The line up of cars was so bad that we took a bus over and they had special lanes so it was a quick trip. Once across the border, the first thing I noticed was a COSCO store. We kept going and before long, I knew I wouldn't be walking back. We ended up in a bus terminal and walked out onto "Vulture" street.


Zebra Burros?? Poor Bimbo!



Shops and Vendors

I drove to Mexico in 1966 and it wasn't anything like this in Nuevo Laredo, MX and Matamoras, MX. The merchants in Tijuana were out on the sidewalk trying to entice you into their store. Some of them were even comical as the picture of the waiter standing on one leg. Because we were carrying our helmets, everyone tried to get us into look at Harley things. Too bad!! We told them we were Yamaha. Another big difference was the police cars. In 1966 all I saw was 1 police car and it was a 1955 Ford.


How many faces?



Crossing back into the US

Just like in Cuba, we seemed to pick the slowest line. The only thing the customs guy said to me was "You rode all the way from Ontario?" Pat was behind me and he said to her "You must be with him."


San Diego Transportation



Looking back into Mexico



Daily Stats
We left the GPS in our room, so no stats, but we left Oceanside about 9:05 AM and got back about 7:15 PM, and only rode 223 kms. It was a real treat riding without the trailer.

GPS EST 223 km 3 Hrs 27Mins driving time 6 Hrs 43Mins stopped time 68 k/h avg Fuel Used: 11.27 L
Fuel Cost: $10.31 US
Avg Km/L: 19.79