Day 2 we got an early start and headed south on dirt to the highway.
I've been testing these Hemisphere panniers out for AltRider and they've been doing very well so far. I'll have a review up soon. This is my second trip with them (first was in Death Valley)
I'm liking the new gear from ICON Raiden too. This is their Arakis pants, jersey and gloves I'm wearing. These pants are perfect for warmer weather, especially Baja. Review here.
You can see Rick has a chicken coop for fresh eggs and sells gas too. There's gas in town out of a barrel but you never know how clean it is. Definitely give Coyote Cal's a visit when you're down there. Be sure to get the Thai massage from Ta. It's the best one I've ever had by far!
Had to put the new sticker up right below another popular one
It may have been a bit too ambitious on our part, but our plan was to make it to BDLA and we were making good time to do that until Eric's 650 broke down about a mile north of the turnoff to BDLA. He thought he ran out of gas but after he put a gallon from his Roto-Pax in, it still wouldn't start. There were puffs of white smoke that smelled of oil and no compression!
We put his stuff on the back of my bike and I rode him on the back the remaining 45 or so miles to Mauro's Posada in BDLA. He said it was more comfortable on the back of my bike than riding his!
We got to Mauro's and were greeted by his lovely wife, Patty, and their two children Maxine Rose and Giuseppe. We tried calling roadside assistance which Eric has as part of his Mexican insurance, but they were clueless and said it would be three hours before they could even get back to us on who was going to go out to get his bike. Patty was kind enough to ride us back there in her truck and we just got it ourselves.
We brought it back to a mechanic friend of Patty's by the name of Marcos and he and Eric spent some time looking at it while we went to grab some fish tacos for everyone. While at the mechanic's Eric met a Canadian guy he's calling "Bob" (because he said "bob's your uncle") who said he was driving back up north the next day and offered to haul Eric and his bike back! Very cool.
You definitely need to stay at Mauro's the next time you're in BDLA.