(January 31 – written by Dave) Pintar and Pastes – two goals for the day. First about Pintar (which means Paint in English) – we learned from other travellers of something called the Macromural de Pachuca.  The macromural is basically a hillside of houses painted so that they make a rainbow swirl when seen from … Continue reading Pintar and Pastes –Pachuca

(January 30 – written by Dave) Today was a hard but interesting day.  Between the weather challenges and the dog challenges it felt like a much longer day than just 80 kilometers.  Our hotel was cold overnight, we really should have asked for an extra blanket.  We only used two body widths of our fancy … Continue reading Dog Day – Ixmiquilpan to Pachuca (82k/9,829k)

(January 29 – written by Dave) There was and still is great debate among LWOP editors surrounding the title of today’s blog.  One of us (me), swears that it did not rain today.  For it to have rained, water would have had to bead up on our rain coats or minimally on our sunglasses.  I … Continue reading Rain/No Rain – Huichapan to Ixmiquilpan (103k/9,691k)

(January 28 – written by Dave) After our post last night we “hit the town” of Queretaro for dinner and dancing.  Ok, there wasn’t much dancing.  But we did find a nice Baja IPA to accompany our tacos el pastor.  Mexico generally has a limited selection of local craft beers – seems that the big … Continue reading Double highway day – Querétaro to Huichapan (103k/9,691k)

(January 27 – written by Nancy) The night in our tiny hotel room was surprisingly quiet and the trip across the hallway to the bathroom in the middle of the night wasn’t too bad.  We were up early to try to get out of town before traffic picked up too much and we were riding … Continue reading Slow start – San Miguel de Allende to Querétaro (66k/9,588k)

(January 26– written by Dave) Today we were back in the saddle after three days off in Guanajuato.  Our bed in the B&B was so comfy, one of the best we’ve had in Mexico, it was hard to leave this morning.  One more day there and I think Nancy may have never left. Our B&B … Continue reading Back in the saddle –Guanajuato to San Miguel de Allende (82k/9522k)

(January 25 – written by Dave) It rained last night - the sound of rain falling was very strange to hear.  We can’t really remember much rain on this trip so far.  We could only recall riding in the rain a few days so I did a quick search of our past blogs.  Here’s the … Continue reading Guanajuato Day 3 – random thoughts

(January 24 – written by Dave) More photos that words again today... We visited the Diego Rivera Museum – which was really more just the house where he was born with a limited number of his works.  Diego and Frida (his third and fourth wife, of five) were famous Mexican artists in the early 1900s.  … Continue reading Guanajuato Photos – round two

(January 23 – written by Dave) Mostly photos today...  Just a couple thoughts. Get to Guanajuato while you are young(ish) – this place is all up and all down. Stairs are not even and you’ll be walking a lot.  Your knees, lower back and feet will thank you when you retire for an afternoon siesta. … Continue reading Guanajuato Photos

(January 22 – written by Dave) We had a pretty quiet night in the hotel last night – we both slept well – probably tired.  At around 6AM a large group of folks checked out.  We think it was the cycling group that we saw yesterday but we didn’t get up to have a look … Continue reading Traffic Day –Leon to Guanajuato (61k/9439k)