¡Hola, y saludos desde México!
It's been quite awhile since we've last written on our beloved blog. The past few weeks have been busier than most, hopping from bikes to trains to subways to buses and back to bikes. We've made it to the land of cheap tacos and cheezy soap operas though, and that's as much a cause for celebration as any.
After leaving northern California we went through San Francisco (indeed, the "Golden" Gate bridge is rather orange, as Gran warned!) and on down the central Cali coast. There we stayed in an awesome beach shack in Pacific Grove, hiked up an extinct volcano in Morro Bay, and began the end of our American séjour by taking a train from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, with a short visit in LA. We then crossed the border into Tijuana and caught a midnight bus to Guerrero Negro, deep down on the Pacific coast of Baja. There we regained our strenth on tacos and more tacos before setting out on our bikes to cross the desert and reach the gulf. All in all, Mexico has been great to us - fantastically weird flora, good food (I tried a brain taco... mixed reviews.) and the most courteous drivers yet.
The plan from here is to ride to La Paz, at the southern end of Baja, where a ferry will take us to the mainland. One of these days we'll make it to Oaxaca, our end destination, but in the meantime we're perfectly happy to hang out on our bikes and soak in the surroundings.
Hasta luego,
Jordan y Susanita
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| California coast |
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| The famous orange gate bridge |
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| Eric, our guide in San Francisco |
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| The shack |
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| Uncle Roger and Jodie in Pacific Grove |
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| Big Sur |
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| LA metro on halloween Saturday night. Note the cardboard computer sitting in the background. |
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| Me and my sis! |
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| Turbidites! For those in the know... |
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| Hungry cyclists gorge in parking lot. |
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| This photo is dedicated to my mother. |
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| California is all about fun! |
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| Monkey see monkey do |
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| The Nine Sisters of Morro Bay. |
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| Caveman with hunchback shadow. |
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| Suzanne's pen ran out of ink so she made a hawk quill. |
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| And so, we skipped the hummers and highways of southern California. |
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| Ta da! What, at the border already? On to Tijuana!!! |
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Tekate tries to be Budlight
Suzanne tries to be Jordan. |
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| Zen and the art of tire patching |
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| Jordan fixes a flat amongst cacti |
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| Jordan fixes 5 flats while watching Mexican TV |
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| Jordan fixes another flat in the sunny desert. |
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| Suzanne rides by with no flats, trying not to smirk |
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| A rather hairy canyon. |
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| How's the weather in Canada? |
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| Hope the horse doesn't get too into its reflection. |
