Loreto to La Paz

It rained all night last night in Loreto, and hard too. According to the locals the route I wanted to take through San Javier to Mex 1 was full of deep water and washouts. In addition, the route from south of Constitucion to La Paz via San Evaristo is in similarly bad shape for the loaded down big bike.

I was bummed. So I figured the hell with it. I will just do a mellow 200 miles of pavement and get to the ferry terminal in time for the 4 o’clock to Mazatlan. Wrong. I saw these folks on the side of the road headed north to Loreto. Paco and Margarita.

They had a rear flat and the patches they had wouldnt stick. So I broke out my patches and glue. Well you know how that goes. After 5 patch attempts and 3 hours later, we got it to hold air. I hope they made it to Loreto and I hope I get some good Karma out of it, because the rest of my day was messed up.

Lets see, It was hotter than hell. The bike started running like crap, stalling, backfiring, and would hardly get up to 60 mph.  Hopefully its just some bad gasoline. I missed the ferry to Mazatlan, but I went to the terminal and bought a ticket. For myself and bike, no room, 279 bucks!  To top it all off, I go back into town to find a cheap hotel with parking for the bike. Wrong again. I’m now at a place that dinged me 80 bucks for a room.  Killer parking though.   However at this rate, I’ll be broke by next month.

I’m not a fan of pavement, I’m not a fan of big tourist cities. La Paz kinda sucks in that respect. Its been a long time since I have been here and the place has grown into a tourist trap. I’m ready to get the heck out of here to some place less touristy, but more importantly, cooler, and where I can take some much needed Spanish lessons.

I head for Mazatlan on the ferry tomorrow night and will leave there in search of cooler temps after I find a place to drain the gas in the tanks, and check the pump and fuel filters.

I took only one picture for the day. It was one of those days.  I probably should have stayed in Loreto another night.

Enough whining from me. Just one of those days where I burned through way more money than I expected, and things just didnt work out. Not a big deal though. I’m still in Mexico, on a moto, and that doesnt suck, at all.

I´ll update again from Mazatlan.