Off the Bike for a Bit

Mark and I arrived in Todos Santos, BCS on Friday, October 20, just before Hurricane Norma started dropping rain on the city. We had signed up for a week long Spanish course and decided to get to town before the hurricane to insure we didn’t miss our clases. The school at which we are taking courses let us camp in their yard for a small price, and let us sleep inside and use their kitchen during the hurricane! We were happy to have a dry spot to wait out the weather. Todos Santos was relatively sheltered from the storm: some READ MORE

Hot, Hot, Hot, Hotel!

A quick note after a long day: See photos and videos from today here: Google Photos drive Mark and I have been riding through the heat the past couple days, but today we were especially exhausted in the 100 degree temperature (it’s also very humid). Today, our ride was mostly flat, which meant we were able to travel quite a ways—190 km—but the flat road, open desert and sprawling agriculture made the sweltering road feel endless. We didn’t talk much for the exhaustion of the heat, and without much to see, we only only stopped when we could get water READ MORE