It’s been a pretty wild last couple of days. We started our ascent into the Central Baja Desert on Saturday the 27th. The climbing went slower than expected, as we made our way up to 500 meters elevation. We wanted to make it to the oasis town of Catavina (120 km from El Rosario) in […]
Posted by Matthew on January 30th, 2007 | Filed under: Mexico | 2 Comments »
After four days of biking in a row, we needed a little rest—which was provided by a little community on Santa Maria Bay. We camped at another RV park, having pitched our tent just meters from the dunes. During our rest day, we did some laundry, read a little, took a nap, and tried (unsuccessfully) […]
Posted by Matthew on January 26th, 2007 | Filed under: Mexico | 1 Comment »
We´re in a small town called Calamu (sp) after having biked our first three consecutive days. Our plans to have blog posts worked out on the computer and then upload them at internet cafes has been foiled somewhat by the lack of computers with USB ports that are easily accessible. So I´m winging this a […]
Posted by Matthew on January 23rd, 2007 | Filed under: Mexico | 1 Comment »
The distance itself was pretty easy. I could have gone further, but aiyaiyai the climbing! We rode around 50 km (30 miles) and climbed over 300 m (1000 ft). Given my current lack of training, it would have been tiring for me on my racing bike, but the extra 70 lbs of weight on the […]
Posted by cindy on January 20th, 2007 | Filed under: Mexico | 1 Comment »
Our first day in Mexico actually went pretty smoothly overall. It started by catching the first ferry from Coronado to downtown San Diego. Our first challenge was boarding the trolley (it’s really a light rail, not like the “real” trolley in San Francisco) to the border. We thought we might be able to just lift […]
Posted by Matthew on January 18th, 2007 | Filed under: Mexico | 2 Comments »
We have safely arrived in San Diego after around 35 hours on the train. We are staying with Matt’s grandparents here in Coronado soaking up a last bit of luxury before heading to Baja. There are still some items on our ‘To Do’ list that need to be dealt with on business days, so we […]
Posted by cindy on January 14th, 2007 | Filed under: Pre-trip Planning | No Comments »
Hey everybody, we’re in Portland now. Getting out of Seattle was a bit frantic, but we made it. We’ve been doing a little relaxing, but mostly trying to finish buying all the stuff we are going to take with us. Thank you SO much to all the people who gave us REI gift cards either […]
Posted by Matthew on January 7th, 2007 | Filed under: Pre-trip Planning | 3 Comments »