(February 5 – written by Dave) I got to watch the last 5 minutes of the Super Bowl and the broadcast was in English – woohoo.  I didn’t really care who won, Nancy didn’t even know who was playing (Senior editor’s note – I was busy trying to find us a place to stay in … Continue reading Animal market day – Tecamachalco to Tehuacan (66k/10,154k)

(February 4 – written by Dave) We were up early this morning – I’m not a big fan of city riding but doing so early on a Sunday morning when the only things out and about are stray dogs, well, that’s the way to traverse a city.  We only had to ride about 2k to … Continue reading Motorway express – San Martin Texmelucan to Tecamachalco (98k/10,088k)

(February 3 – written by Nancy) The sky was full of hot air balloons when we left our posada this morning.  Obviously Saturdays are busy days for the balloon companies – I think we saw at least 20 gliding along in the morning air.  It was pretty early – 7:30 or so when we left … Continue reading Four state day – San Juan Teotihuacan to San Martin Texmelucan (95k/9,990k)

(February 2  – written by Dave) Today was all about seeing the pyramids and ancient city of Teotihuacan.  I’ve had this site on my mind for a long time when planning the trip – mostly because it was a spot east of Mexico City and mentally, it put us beyond Mexico City.  I honestly hadn’t … Continue reading Teotihuacan

(February 1 – written by Dave) We enjoyed the night in our stadium sized room, though the chaps out in the town square outside our window singing and playing the trumpet until 2:30AM will not be added to our Christmas card list any time soon.  I managed to capture a sunrise photo out our balcony … Continue reading Warming up –Pachuca to San Juan Teotihuacan (66k/9,895k)

(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)