Mexico Ride 2008 Pics
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Day Two (Sunday May 18,
2008) |
Leaving
Galeana first thing this morning |
Come on Steve, this is
a family channel (What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico) |
Rural route from Galeana
to Doctor Arroyo |
Break Time |
We enjoyed the scenery
and leisure riding this morning |
We saw a lot of this today |
Be careful, water crossing.
It had rained an incredible amount based on the standing water everywhere |
Fueling up at Matehuala |
Stan is riding up the
road to Real de Catorce |
It is always interesting
what (who) you meet along the road |
12 miles of cobblestone
going up to Real |
A more detailed view |
The entrance to the Tunnel
that leads to Real (This is the only access to Real) |
The tunnel is wet and
slick at the entrance and then it gets better |
The tunnel is narrow and
1.3 miles long |
I can't imagine carving
this out |
Once we got inside to
Real, the area was so crowded we did a quick U-turn and waited to return |
The ghost of Flash |
The view once we came
back out of the tunnel The temperature did not get above 75 degrees until
we were headed south to San Miquel around 3 pm. The temps have been great
so far. |
We had intended on having
lunch at a Restaurant in Real, but decided to grab a quick Gordita instead
and get back on the road |
Smiling faces. |
Stan as we are departing
Real De Catorce. Notice the buses in the backfround. There were at least
10 buses sitting there. After that, we went South to San Miquel de Allende
from Real de Catorce. Our route has changed. Hwy 85 was so crowded on
our way down yesterday, We want to avoid it going back. We've decided
to re-route our trip. We're doing some Colonial towns over the next day
or two and then we'll head to the Pacific coast. After that, we'll head
directly home and avoid the Eastern Route |
Note to self for future reference:
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