Mexico is special. 

It has such a deep part of my heart as the people I make connections with are real and present and loving. You can make friends so quickly , everyone says hello to you, and there is a way of life that is about family and living in the present moment. Most conversations I have are about family, food, and weather. I see smiles and honks all day long and best of all I love when we share food with people. The life is about sharing and caring and everyone is included. I really missed speaking Spanish.

This is now almost a month since we have been riding. We left February 6th and have been non stop going! We are currently in San Quintin, where the dot is below.

I am sure by now we have done over 700 miles not quite sure just an estimate. I’m most surprised so far at how many homes we have stayed in! Such generosity that we have encountered.

Half of the weight that I carry is from food. We have a whole kitchen with us from spices to stove to pots and pans and then of course fruit and tortillas and avocados and cheese! I do miss the protein bars we could so easily access in the states. Traveling by bike outside  the Us is totally different in almost every single way. You don’t really have bike lanes here, food is different and you never have to pay to camp and the people are moree likely to let you sleep at their homes.

From Ensenada we rode 43-45 miles and arrived in a small town called San Tomas  around 5:30pm after wine tasting!  (My idea) Adley and I agreed that we would not bike after 4:30pm from now on as the drivers get crazy and that is also the peak hour when people get off work. Not worth it to ride we also hear daylight savings is coming this week so we will have another hour of riding!

Once in San Tomas we started asking around for a place to stay. We asked a 25 year old doctor who worked at a social services building if we could put our tents up in his yard. He responded “si perfecto, hágalo pues!” Later we found out he was super bored and somedays works 36 hours and delivers babies after being asleep and the women would wake him up ready to give birth. Pretty crazy stories and an amazing guy, super young for that sort of responsibility alone. He let us sleep in the storage room. We cooked him dinner.

The next day we camped after riding 35-49 miles at a random spot. Below is a typical camping experience. This place was just off highway 1. We are usually in bed usually by 830pm and up at 7am. I am a fan or writing in my journal and I’ve been learning tarot cards as well. So I like to do this at night and meditate. 

In the morning we usually make oats and fruit for the morning and then are off.

My tan is getting better and better. My face as well is half tanned from sun glasses and helmet.

Here is Adley and moon last night arriving in San Quintin where we have a warm showers host. They cooked us dinner and breakfast let us take a shower (after three days ) and have wifi and a warm bed! So appreciative of the little things what luxuries they are! Here lupita and gabino live with their children and two chihuahuas. It’s a beautiful home and they have hosted over 170 cyclist in 1.5 years! Here is a map they have in their home! The dots below in the map are the different places cyclists have come from. One guy that stayed here is traveling by unicycle!!!! I couldn’t believe it all the way to Argentina!!! And another guy by foot running!!!! All the way to Argentina! There are wonderfully more crazy people out there than I expected! Such a nice surprise and inspiration ! 

I will meet my future riding friend Maud from France hopefully here. She is on her way to Peru and we met on this cycling website warm showers. I am in no hurry and enjoying all the time I have on my beautiful bicycle!