Gorditas, clavadistas, tollbooths, and tequila. It has been a wonderful 2 weeks. We arrived in Mazatlan on November 24th after a spectacular ferry ride across the Sea of Cortez.
It began in the ferry's parking lot in La Paz around 4:00pm on November 23rd when a handful of other travelers rolled up behind us and the semi-trucks. First, a beautifully restored VW van from
the 1960's carrying Alex, Roxanne, and their two kids (7 and 5, respectively). Second, a 1981 Dodge camper van that was purchased in British Columbia by a Swiss couple (Deni and Sue) and
which is on it's way to Panama where it will be sold again to another wanderlust (or two). Third, our friends Andrew and Tom whom we met the night before at our hostel in La Paz. Tom
is riding a 2001 Suzuki DR650 that he bought used in Canada and Andrew is on a WR450R that is relying on a hefty supply of JB weld to keep the oil inside the engine (the result of an inadvertent
righty-tighty, when the Dr. ordered a lefty-loosey). Like us, they're headed to South America. Fourth, Tim and Lily - an English couple riding Yamaha XT250's from New York to however
far south they choose to get by May 2015, at which point Lily and the bikes will fly home and Tim will continue by bicycle to Tierra del Fuego - or somewhere else. Fifth, Charlie and Janet
- an older Kiwi couple also on route to Tierra del Fuego aboard a Yamaha Super Tenere and a Yamaha 660R.
Save for Andrew and Tom, we knew none of these folks when the ferry ride began, but we knew them well 18 hours later and we look forward to bumping into many of them again along the way (indeed,
we already have).