Spain 2023 By Motorcycle

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As we get ready for another South America run I’m briefly catching up on some of our adventures from last summer. We were in Spain for a month, rode 125s on rail-trails in Canada and camped in WA, OR, CA. ~Donn

So why not? Last year we were riding in Mexico with the motley GPSKevin crew when Roberto let us know they were planning a trip to Spain in 2023, do we want to go? After about 30 seconds we let Roberto know we were in! Kevin was planning a smaller group for his first trip into Europe. We checked out the list of other people going and knew about half of them so we knew it would be a great trip. Continue reading →

Donn and Deby get a New Look!

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Yes, I finally got around to updating the Website. As far a Deby and I go, we pretty much look the same. Well, maybe ever so slightly older. Umm, that would be me not Deby.

I’m sending out this update to introduce some new features and let you know what we’ve been up to and what’s next. I realize now, I haven’t posted here in about the same length of time it takes to make a baby so it’s about time. Continue reading →

Destination Wedding!

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The date was getting closer for our son’s wedding in Loreto, Baja Sur, Mexico. We had a huge blast riding around the mainland but now we were ready to take the overnight ferry to La Paz for our final month in the “other” Mexico, Baja California.

We had a beautiful last night in Mazatlán with another stunning sunset. They just never get old for us.

The setting sun lit up the beach hotels with warm hues for our nightly walk.

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It had to happen at some point……..

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We both got sick. It was a busy couple of weeks in big city of Oaxaca, while I was working on my Spanish Magic Deby was visiting markets, museums and galleries. Two days before we were scheduled to leave Deby started coughing and sneezing. The next day it was me. We ended up with full on head colds. Was is COVID? Hmmmm, didn’t really seem like we were that sick, more just like head colds. Enough that we decided to lay low, wear masks where appropriate and get lots of rest. Weird thing, neither of us has had so much as a sniffle since well before the pandemic. I had actually forgot what it was like to have cold symptoms. I stayed home from my last two days of Spanish Magic school, so I suppose that makes me an official language school drop out.

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On to Oaxaca

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We leave the city of Oaxaca in two days. Oaxaca is the capital of the the state of Oaxaca which is located in the southern part of the country. The city itself is up in the mountains at over 5,000 feet. Oaxaca is a colonial city known for food, (especially mole), art and especially Mezcal, an alcoholic drink made from the agave plants that are ubiquitous in the area.

Our journey brought us into the mountains of Mexico for the first time this trip. We had a couple of road options and of course, we choose the “old highway” that twists and turns into the hills. The old highway is being replaced by a new toll road between the city and the quaint beach town of Puerto Escondido and as such, has had limited repair in recent years. We didn’t mind because that also meant there was less truck and tour bus traffic.

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The Coast is Clear – sort of….

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We’ve been travelling down the west coast of Mexico for three weeks now. The further south we get the warmer it gets as we dip into a more tropical climate. The riding is fantastic if you like narrow roads with tight turns. Motorcycle riders are strange that way, those are the roads we love.

It seems like weeks, well, it has been, since we’ve had decent WiFi, so I finally have a chance to put together and upload some short videos. I made a short video using the Relive online app that shows our route from an ariel viewpoint. I love that it gives a really good idea of the topology and just how many turns are in the road.

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Cartel Trouble

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We’re Ok, as I write this we are at a nice resort hotel in Mazatlán, Sinaloa Mexico. Getting here was an adventure of sorts. I’ll get caught up with a quick summary of our trip to Sinaloa where Mexican authorities arrested the son of El Chapo of the Sinaloa Cartel on Thursday Morning. Article HERE.

Mexican authorities have again arrested cartel leader Ovidio “El Ratón” Guzmán, son of incarcerated Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, and leader of the “Los Chapitos” faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. According to official sources cited in the newspaper Reforma, the operation occurred around 4:40 a.m. Thursday morning in the city of Culiacán in Sinaloa. 

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