Starting out the next day it was still windy but it was much drier. The day went by pretty quickly as well since the really really strong wind was mostly behind us. Once we got to the Laguna Chapala area we really started to fly. It was finally nice and flat with only a few rolling hills so we were able to cruise down the road at 40km/hr without tiring. It was really great to get where you want to go fast. By the end of the day we managed to cover 109km. We camped off the side of the road just south of Punta Prieta. This was probably my favorite although most dangerous camping spot so far. We pulled off the road and went down a bit of a hill so we were out of sight of the highway but this time there was no road. We carefully maneuvered our bikes through the catuses until we found a decent clearing. There were some larger not-so-spikey trees amongst the bushes of evil that helped to create a good spot but mostly if you stepped in the wrong direction you got pricked.
I was amazed how many different types of catuses were growing there; big big ones and really tiny ones that if you wern't careful, you would have a pant leg full of them.
The next morning we decided to try the catus fruit that we had been eyeing up. Turns out they are amazing and taste somewhere between a strawberry and a kiwi. They are called pitaya.
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| spikes surrounding our camp that the yummy fruit grows on |
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