Lessons from a moto-gringa’s first journey through Baja and into Mexico

Wow, so many things…..but let me preface this by saying that I am brand new to Mexico travel (this is my first trip on a bike here but I’d been to two different resorts in Mexico on two trips in… Read More ›

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The East Cape and La Paz, Baja California Sur

As you head north out of the Cabos and around the east side of the peninsula toward La Paz, you duck inland for a bit and then come out at the sea again near Buenavista. The highway/carraterra follows the coast… Read More ›

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El Pescadero and on to the Cabos

A few miles south of Todos Santos and about 50 miles from Cabo San Lucas is a grouping of beaches perfect for watching sunsets or surfing. Beach camping is on the menu for tonight. Brian rides my bike for me… Read More ›

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Todos Santos, Baja California Sur

The bottom of the Baja Peninsula is filled with touristy towns and gringos. Places like Todos Santos (All Saints) and the Cabos (aka Los Cabos, Cabo San Lucas, San Juan del Cabo, etc.) are really popular vacation spots.  The beaches… Read More ›

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San Javier, B.C.S.

About 25 miles from Loreto, there is a lovely small village tucked into the Los Gigantes Mountains. The road has been washed away in many places because of heavy rains and steep, easily eroded walls of the canyons along the way…. Read More ›

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Bahia Concepcion

South along the coast from Santa Rosalia the road traces the waters edge more often than not. It’s only maybe 50 miles or so to the town of Mulege, which rests on the banks of the Mulege River as it… Read More ›

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Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California

After finally making it out of Coco’s road and over the next 15 miles or so of rocky, windy, hilly, sand and gravel kidney-jostling road, I get back to the main highway at Chepala. I’m headed for Bahia De (Bay… Read More ›

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Coco’s Corner

Somewhere in the middle of nowhere…(and I’m from South Dakota, so I think I’m a pretty good judge of what the middle of nowhere is…)…lives an old Mexicano the locals call Coco.  He has lived along the edge of a… Read More ›

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Northeastern Baja

South from San Felipe after recovering from my hangover yesterday, and I am headed for Bahia de (Bay of) Los Angeles today, or at least I think I am at the start of the day. The roads runs by Gonzaga… Read More ›

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The Border to San Felipe

It’s 150 miles via the main highways to San Felipe from the border. The crossing has taken longer than I had expected, but that will be the story from now on. Clocks run slower in Latin America, and for that… Read More ›

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