(December 17 – written by Dave) Parental Warning: this post is rated Geography Nerd (GN) – stop reading now if you don’t care about plate tectonics and/or continental drift – you’ve been warned! Of course we know where we are.  We are in La Paz, BCS, Mexico and soon will be heading on the ferry from … Continue reading Where are we now – geographical questions

(December 8 – written by Dave) We’ve been in Mexico now for more than 2 months.  The title of this blog is a question that we get asked almost daily.  We didn’t know what it meant at first.  We vaguely recognized the term maíz (corn) and we knew we were being asked something.  Our early … Continue reading ¿Harina o Maíz?

(November 25 – written by Dave) Our time in La Paz is flying by with days filled with 3 hours of immersion Spanish class and mucho Spanish study.  Nancy has always been a great student and not too bad of task master.  Me, well, I got by.  Now that we are working together, my only … Continue reading Life in La Paz

(November 12 – written by Dave) One week of Spanish class done – and it seems to be sticking a little.  There are times when I look at a word, say it 20 times, cover it up, say it 20 more times, feel good about it and not 3 minutes later I can’t remember even … Continue reading Mexico, La Paz and other random musings

(November 5 – written by Dave) Today marks a week since we arrived in La Paz.  We are getting settled in our apartment, finding nearby grocery stores, coffee shops and laundromats – all those things that are necessary to make life comfortable when you are in one spot for more than a couple of days.  … Continue reading Impressions of La Paz

(November 1 – written by Dave) Today is the first day of Day of the Dead holiday.  This is not “Mexican Halloween” (yeah, I had no clue either).  Both holidays have pagan origins.  Both use the same symbolic colours - orange and black – along with purple now.  And the dead, or death, plays a … Continue reading Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) – It’s not Halloween!

(October 30 – ridden by Nancy and Dave) Today we finished the Alaska to Baja ride –approximately 8,200Ks, or 5,100 miles.  La Paz has been a “mythical” destination for quite some time and now we are here.  It feels a bit surreal.  We still have a long ways to go to reach Patagonia but we … Continue reading Baja complete! –Las Pocitas to La Paz (115k/8252k)

(October 29 – written by Nancy) Today we made all of three turns in our whole 100 kilometer ride – counting the turn from the street our hotel was on back on to Hwy 1.  The rest of the turns were just the road curving enough that you could actually call it a turn.  The … Continue reading Straight Day – Cuidad Constitucion to Las Pocitas (100k/8137k)

(October 28 – written by Dave) Not much happened today.  It was a really short day distance wise – only 29k We had two turns all day – a right turn leaving the old hotel and another right turn entering the new hotel.  The rest of the road was 100% straight.  If you can find … Continue reading Not much day – Cuidad Insurgentes to Cuidad Constitucion (29k/8037k)

(October 27 – written by Dave) It was hard to tear ourselves away from our lovely cabana this morning but we had a longish day planned so we had to get over the urge to say “one more day” pretty quickly.  We had brekkie early and were rolling away at 7AM. Even though it was … Continue reading Rider update – Loreto to Cuidad Insurgentes (123k/8008k)