The Encounter with the Drunk Sicarios

December 25, 2009, Batopilas Chihuahua.



The motel Mary is in the heart of Batopilas, right across from the main church. The sound… Continue

I saw that Everest was starting to move around and moan. I got closer to him and told him not to move. He didn’t listen to me, he tried to stand up and fell back down. I was also concerned about coming traffic, especially the ones coming from the south around the bend. Vehicles travel fast on this road and there were two people laying in the middle of the street. I helped Everest move to the side of the road. I asked him if he was ok and if anything hurt. He looked at me and asked what happened.… Continue

The Chihuahua state highway from Creel is a well maintained paved road that winds through beautiful Ponderosa and pine trees. It had snowed yesterday but today was all blue sky. The nice asphalt was already dry from the melting snow and as I accelerated, I realized that this road was made to be ridden in motorcycles.

As I leaned my bike to the right on another twisty curve I could hear the knobby tires of my DR650 dual sport bike squeak a bit in protest as the rubber met the pavement. I was car… Continue

No shot from top as the batteries died. Glad to be riding again after getting the clutch fixed.



It's a fast and fun big bike ride for sure- getting to the top is a tiny bit challenging on FR 453 but completely doable. Continue