Baja Trip Day 3

Every day that we have been on the bikes, it has been a little easier riding. The first day we were just being introduced to motorcycles and although it eventually was a success, we had to be sharp (imagine that!) to learn the bikes and our place on the highway food chain. The second day went a little easier, although we didn't burn up too many miles of pavement.

Ahhh, on to the third day! Today we burned up some miles. From Ensenada to Guerrero Negro, about 400 miles South and about half way to Los Cabos (the end of Baja). We were well behaved in Ensenada and had a good night's sleep. On the road at 7:30 A.M. and cruising until we stopped for a taco along side the road around 9:00 AM.

From there we headed lots of slow twisty roads and on to mile, upon mile, upon mile....upon mile of desert and twisty roads. Some very beautiful country. Once away from the coastline, the temperature shot up as expected and the barren countryside made us pay attention to our fuel.

We had a challenging time trying to keep our place on the map. The GPS seems only to know that we are on a road and is unwilling to divulge any more information about our actual location. Many of what must have been towns seem far too small and deserted to deserve a dot on the map. Asking locals about our location was surprisingly inaccurate, hard to understand and of little help. We finally arrived at Guerrero Negro which was much farther than I thought we'd be, but we are here only because we didn't really know where we were.....

Tomorrow, we will be searching for the salt mines before moving on to tomorrow's destination (where ever that might be).