We started out early, at about 730 am, and had resolved to put in a solid day's ride. We knew that we were going to be oing some big hills and that water access wouldn't be convenient so we had to pack a lot of water (Erin took 10 liters, and I took 10 liters, plus our water bottles and my back pack). The road was VERY hilly, and we had only done 30 km by 11:30. Not bad actually, given that we stopped to take cute pictures of the enormous Cordon cactuses.
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| Cordon cactuses, largest cactuses in the world, get up around 75 feet. HUGE! |
When we got to the top of the hill (730 meter climb, not counting the ups and downs - ouch) we were greeted with a group of cyclists including Bryan and Maggie that had spent the day at that location as well as Justin, Paul, and Melanie that had started in El Rosario (de Ariba) in the morning with us. We camped out together with them and another couple we had met briefly in Ensenada named Ushi and Dave. The nine of us knocked down spent agave trunks and piled them up for an evening fire along with enjoying the hilltop view of the very unique Baja desert. Beautiful. And yes, the dried, dead agave trunks burn very nicely.
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| Ushi from Germany, and Dave from Canada. The two have cycled thousands of kilometers together, and Dave cycles with his sitar and a mandolin. |
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