San Cosme

After our hike we rode back toward Playa San Cosme. The rough road made the going as slow as the day before - at 9 km/hr it takes a while to go 20 km! But our efforts were well rewarded as we arrived strategically at low tide so we could hit up some hotsprings on the beach that are only accessible when the tide is out. We left our bikes at Rancho San Cosme and walked a couple of kms along the shore to reach the hotsprings that are located on an island that becomes a peninsula at really low tide. A ring of rocks held in the scalding water, and we were able to alternate between relaxing soaks and cooling swims in the bay. We spent the night on the beach, and in the morning were lucky to get a lift up the hill with Dennis, an Americain who spends his winters at the rancho, and Julio and Justo, brothers in the family that run the rancho. Julio we had met on the road with his horses on our way to Agua Verde and he had helpfully suggested that we might find a ride up the hill to avoid having to push our bikes up the steep loose gravel sections. So we loaded our bikes into Dennis' old pickup, along with the coolers, gas and propane bottles they were bringing to fill in town, and enjoyed the ride up the hill in the box of the truck. In 45 mins we were back at MEX 1 and ready to put in a big day of cycling after such an easy start.Read more