(January 21 – written by Dave) Today we had a long day in the saddle, riding from the state of Aguascalientes, across the state of Jalisco, and finally into the state of Guanajuato.  We had a couple route choices and decided to ride the toll-way because we thought it might have fewer hills.  I’m not … Continue reading Three state day – Aguascalientes to Leon (129k/9378k)

(January 20 – written by Nancy) We survived the highway hotel last night - I think the chair I pushed up against the door was probably not necessary after all...  Actually, we both slept surprisingly well despite the traffic noise from the highway and the cold.  Dave managed to get two additional blankets from the … Continue reading Transit day – San Pedro to Aguascalientes (74k/9249k)

 (January 19 – written by Dave) We’ve had a short but interesting and productive day.  We were planning on a small town and hotel a little further than we stopped at, but it was off the direct route to Aguascalientes, our destination for tomorrow night.  We found a highway hotel at the turn off and … Continue reading Maintenance day – Zacatecas to highway hotel (52k/9175k)

(January 18 – written by Dave) Today we’ll do a quick post to show off some highlights of Zacatecas.  We really liked it here – it is feels really old world with lots of narrow streets and steep stairs – mostly it is walkable if you are fit and don’t mind the odd flight of … Continue reading Zacatecas tourist day

(January 17 – written by Nancy) Big day today – one more year older and none the wiser... We decided to splash out this morning and have breakfast in the restaurant at the hotel.  When we got down there about 7:30 it was clear that they were short of staff as one fellow was running … Continue reading Birthday ride – Fresnillo to Zacatecas (61k/9124k)

(January 16 – written by Dave) Today we entered the tropics, this time under our own power - we crossed the Tropic of Cancer heading south.  We’d actually already crossed this tropic once on this trip – on the ferry from La Paz to Mazatlan.  But we’re not counting that crossing because some of us … Continue reading Getting Tropical- Sain Alto to Fresnillo (70K/9063K)

(January 15 – written by Dave) Today was another good day on the Central Mexican Plateau.  The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano, is a large arid-to-semiarid plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico.  We dropped onto the Plateau when we crossed the Sierra Madre mountains into Durango.  It’s pretty … Continue reading More Central Mexican Plateau- Vicente Guerrero to Sain Alto (85K/8993K)

(January 14 – written by Dave) Today’s ride was just one of those days to ride through.  Not a lot happened and the scenery was fairly ordinary.  That’s not to say we had a bad day.  In fact what Highway 45 out of Durango lacked in terms of scenery, it more than made up for … Continue reading Not much day – Durango to Vicente Guerrero (87K/8908K)

(January 13 – written by Dave) Durango is famous for a number of things – first up, many traditional old western movies were filmed here.  They even have a cowboy/western tour of some of the old movie sets.  We didn’t go on the tour but we did spot a local cowboy busting some moves in … Continue reading Durango observations

(January 11 – written by Dave) After spending 5 days in the mountains, today’s ride into the big city of Durango was always going to be a bit of a letdown in scenery wise.  But it was not at all boring. For starters we knew we had a longer day so we started early.  Early … Continue reading Road hazard day – El Salto to Durango (103K/8821K)