Into the Desert

We finally decided it wasn't worth detouring back north to get over to the Sea of Cortez, so we just loaded up with food and water and headed south on Highway 1. As Gabino and other cyclists had said, the traffic dropped off 10 kms out of San Quintin and we had the road to ourselves once again. We rode by cactus farms, and vast dry plains with views of the distant surf before the big climb to a military checkpoint above El Rosario.Läs mer