Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait, 1940. See discussion of her works below. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Welcome to Mexico City!!!! This morning I separated from the boys to visit Mexico City on my own. It was a big decision at the time. Especially since we had so much trouble on the outskirts of Mexico City’s highways and roads.. as well as the dread of living...
From Mascota Mexico we find a road that follows the bottom of a big lake (Laguna de Chapata) toward Guanajuato. This road will keep us off the main highway. Big note: Not only are highways boring, but they have super expensive tolls throughout the entire country. It’s darn near necessary to stay off the highways for that reason alone. ...
From Puerto Vallarta we all want to head inland again. Found another very curvy road to follow.. shock! I personally want to make my way toward Mexico City. The boys do too at this point, as there are some really cool ruins near the city. But first we ride away from the west coast. Fields of the all important agave plant from which the tequila is made. The boys...
From Mazatlan we ride to Puerto Vallarta, about 450 km. I had it in my head to get to this town as Puerto Vallarta was a favorite for me when I was young and escaping Indiana for spring break. We traveled down the coast of Mexico, but it’s not like really traveling down the coast.. no views. You win some, you lose some. The ride was pretty...
Good morning from Durango Mexico! Nice view!! I have to say that is one of the greatest pleasures of living on the road; waking up to something different nearly every day. Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou?? (Couldn’t help it.. sorry!! ;-))) The Espinazo del Diablo is a special road, but no matter how special, we don’t want to go back the same...
We continue south in Baja California Mexico toward Cabo San Lucas. Interestingly, many people told us not to bother with this town. Far too touristy and expensive they say. Luckily we have been offered a place to stay and camp by a Canadian couple Lars and Michelle. They live just north of Cabo in a smaller town called Todos Santos. So that’s...
Adios to San Ignacio… really loved this little town and would be one I hope to go back to someday. Back on the road to the bottom of Baja California Sur. What’s fun about Baja is if you follow the main road from top to bottom, it changes which side of the peninsula you ride on a couple times. So from San Ignacio we temporarily ride down the east...
Packing up for this morning’s dirt ride to the rock paintings in Santa Martha Mexico…Gonna be a great day!!!! Our host at the guesthouse tells us the road is extremely difficult. When we asked the guy we had to see about getting permission to the site in San Ignacio, he said the road is easy.. I guess we’ll see! I’m so excited and...
On the road again! Really, I hate to have that tune in my head, however, this is the first official day of being on the road in Mexico. Yesterday didn’t count.. Well it did, but it was different. We were still California, a couple hours held up at the border crossing, then on to Ensenada for somewhere to eat and sleep for the night. So...
Death Valley here we come!! Wait a minute! The road is closed..!! (Screw that! 😉 We’ve been on paved park roads long enough now.. NO idea why the road is closed.. it’s not going to snow anytime soon. It’s not water logged.. there’s nobody around to ask, and it looks like far more fun than the average paved road the masses of...