meeting friends on the road

we just met up with some friends from utah yesterday. they have been on motorbike tour for 7 months. katie and mark. awesome to see some friends on the road doing the same things as us. they have many good things to say about central america where we will be heading soon. looks like its about time for an oil change. i thought oil was expensive here in mexico at 6 dollars a quart, but they say its more like 8 or 9 dollars down in C.A. sounds like ill change it here tomorrow before we hit the border then. prt escondido where we are now is a really nice little surf com. nice vibes and good peps. adjusted the timing in katies klr 250 yesterday. looks like a bike day tomorrow. Shes due for a new front tire and marks going to do his timing also. ok so far so fun paul

sorry:( no photos this time its to F,n SLOW

mexico mainland

Well its been a while since we have posted on the blog so where to start.
ok Lets start with the bird. i was in the middle of passing a truck when a pretty yellow and brown bird found my windshield. it was the last thing it ever found while here on earth as a bird. i didnt brake my speed and made the pass with no problems. The bird went up in a cloud of yellow feathers. Camille and the truck driver both had a good laugh together.
next it was the flat tire. While in puerto vallarta Camille ran over a 2 inch nail that went all the way through her tire. it went flat asap. luck would have it that it happened right in front of a ford dealership, or maybe not so lucky seeing how they wouldnt fix it for us. Then we removed the wheel and began to find a tire shop. oh there is a goodyear store perfect. nnot so. They wouldnt touch it either. After one other shop refused to touch it we thought the fastest thing to do was to go back to the room and get my tools to do it ourselves. Fixing it would be quicker than trying to find someone to fix it. Turns out we were right. We grabbed some lunch and began to fix it right in front of.... you guessed it outback stake house. oh they had nice grass for sitting on, (which is hard to find down here). i guess by now you can tell how touristic it was there in P.V. The tube change went smooth as butter. Back in the room that night we had to put two patches on the tube because the nail puntured both sides.
Then there was the awesome camping on el faro beach. we had the whole place to ourselves for the two nights that we were there. one night we had the most amazing sunset while watching whales surface right out in front of us. Then just before dark one did a full body breach for us. very cool.
did i mention that tequila is made from many different cacti. i thought it was just the agave. but no its very similar to wine in the fact that different regions all have different flavor. very very smooth. nothing like the stuff you get in the states. there are so many different flavors that they do not import. we found this out because we arrive at a hotel that was having a free tequila tasting party at the pool. oh how timing is everything.
ok im sure there was many more awesome experiences that we have had in between there but thats what i can recall right now.
so far so fun. Paul

where the road ends and the fun begins!

our first dirt in Baja...about 70 miles of dirt and sand baja style...it took all day. Everybody asks us why dirt bike? and this is why.

fishing with a new friend.

This guy was on the beach fihing and we went over to see if he had any luck...he had caught a blow fish... and hooked Paul up with some bait and they fished together into the sunset..no ore luck though. He thought I was crazy because I am a Girl on a bike..

Keepin it wheel...mexican style

WE found a street clown preforming and when he pulled out the uni Paul could not resist and jumped down on stage...