October 31, 2014
52 miles
Exito! Success! We have finally completed 40D La Quota from Mazatlan to Durango! 4 days of gruelling hills starting at sea level in the jungle, rising up to the alpine forests, and continuing on across rolling plains and rocky canyons to the arid Mexican highlands. And we have logged our first 50+ mile day in over a week.
At the end of the day we sat in our hotel room sharing a giddyness that can only come from bike touring. We all agreed that Mazatlan to Durango is extremely difficult, but also extremely rewarding.
When we woke up this morning there was frost on our tents. This made me happy because I have completely missed Autumn, the Minnesota kind that I know and love with its crisp biting air. I feel like I found it 2,000 miles south, and 9,000 feet up in the mountains.
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| Black Hills feel. |
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| Nobody ever told us that Mexico has spectacular canyons like this. |
This is in the running for the
Most Meaningless Sign award. Considering we passed multiple toll stations, talked with several highway officers, and that this sign came up only after a hundred miles of riding, I think it is senseless.
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