blankletmusic Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Which route would likely be the safest? Avoiding larger cities and towns if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezzie Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Cross at Santa Teresita on the west side of Juarez. Continue south on toll roads around east side of Chihuahua and past Torreon. Follow on to 45D past Fresnillo, Zacatecas and through Aquascaliente. Take 80D toward Guadalajara and stay on Macrolibramiento and take Chapala Highway exit. That route is about as good as you can get. Heavily travelled but a bit expensive with total tolls. I just went up that route a couple of weeks ago and the roads are in fairly good shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Ditto. That route you will only have to go through Aguascaliente.... all the rest you can ‘bypass’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 From Albuquerque, leaving around 7 AM you can make Torreon in one day on this route and be here on the second day. Lots of tolls and toll booths but fast. Ezzie described the route perfectly. Did it last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blankletmusic Posted April 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 11 hours ago, Mainecoons said: From Albuquerque, leaving around 7 AM you can make Torreon in one day on this route and be here on the second day. Lots of tolls and toll booths but fast. Ezzie described the route perfectly. Did it last year. Is Torreon where you recommend spending the night? If so, any hotel/motel recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Or just north of there, no recommendations as we did this northbound and stayed in Carmargo. Here is a notel on the north side of town. https://www.goldensuitesmotel.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Just to be clear..... this motel is in Gomez Palacio not Torreon but that is better as it is just a bit off the intersection of cuota 49D and 40D on the north side of GP. Also used as a ‘no-tell-motel’ but that is probably a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMactavish Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Mainecoons said: Or just north of there, no recommendations as we did this northbound and stayed in Carmargo. Here is a notel on the north side of town. https://www.goldensuitesmotel.com/ That a "no tell" place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 "Motel" usually denotes a no-tell place--my favorite kind of place when I'm traveling with lots of stuff in the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluikatl Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Almost completely off-topic, but as someone who was raised there, I can't just let this fly. It's Aguascalientes, not Aguascaliente. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMactavish Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 28 minutes ago, Yo1 said: "Motel" usually denotes a no-tell place--my favorite kind of place when I'm traveling with lots of stuff in the car. Mine too, but the OP might have an understanding wife or maybe a youngster. Other than the setting, only ever having a single bed could also be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 6 hours ago, AngusMactavish said: That a "no tell" place. That's why I wrote "notel" in my post. That wasn't a typo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMactavish Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 35 minutes ago, Mainecoons said: That's why I wrote "notel" in my post. That wasn't a typo. Do you really think that the OP knew what your punning meant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, iluikatl said: Almost completely off-topic, but as someone who was raised there, I can't just let this fly. It's Aguascalientes, not Aguascaliente. OK... I'll watch my spelling of that city in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 That's what they have called them as long as I can remember. Not a pun. The funny part is when we first came down my wife thought it was a chain of Japanese hotels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johanson Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 That or Notel is what I had heard a well over the 20+ years I have been here as well. Isn't that what they are officially called? I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NachoOE Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 I did this a few years ago. I stopped at Ciudad Camargo, Hotel Santa Fe. I liked it because they have a parking lot with security and cameras, especially useful if you have a loaded car and dont want to waste time unloading and loading again in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 We stayed there also on our trip north. Nothing fancy but clean, well kept and secure. However if one is headed south, stopping in Carmargo makes for quite a long day between Carmargo and here, hence I suggested they try and go further on the first day to at least the outskirts of Torreon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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