Challenging Road Conditions

As usual, we wanted to make a loop out of our detour to the beach so headed off towards La Cruz de Loreto on a dirt road the next morning. It started off as hardpacked dirt, but over the next 40 km we encountered a lagoon we had to detour around, eroded hills and unrideable sand traps. A piece of Karl's front rack even broke on the washboard before we rolled into the first little town where we could buy water and attempt to rehydrate after a slow sweaty start to the day. We still had about 3 km of terrible cobble stone "paving" to ride before we reached La Cruz de Loreto and were once again on pavement - all the more greatful for this wonderful invention that allows us to roll along with such ease. Later in the day we rode through a long section of roadwork on the highway and laughed at the lack of signage, but as we continue to find in Mexico, these hazardous sections are so obvious that all users are fully engaged and manage to navigate them with relative ease.Read more