Thanks again for your great info on driving the Baja highway. I drove to and from Bahia de los Angeles last 9/1 and 9/7 and felt much more comfortable about the trip (my first to Mexico) thanks to your posted details.

I'd like to contribute:

There is another checkpoint located where the road branches to Bahia de los Angeles. It appears to be stopping traffic in all directions. It is staffed by the Army; we were searched both coming and going. The Pemex station at that junction is defunct, but there was a pickup truck with some industrious locals selling marked-up unleaded from barrels (we didn't even see them at first; the army fellows directed us to them).

We did not have trouble with any vados. I don't know if they've been filled or if we were just lucky!

The road to LA Bay is in pretty decent shape-- someone said it is new, but that doesn't mean it's smooth. More like oily gravel. Only the final section of road appears to be unreplaced. Unleaded and diesel were available in limited quantities at LA Bay.