Mulege
Today an easy ride to nice small town of Mulege. I had a destination of ~100km in mind and figured I would wait to see if I split it into two days. Town of Mulege was inviting enough, so decided to stay.
Another beautiful sunny day and fortunately road surfaces became better again after leaving Santa Rosalia. At 12km, I stopped at the mini-super “Lili” which had a surprising variety of food.
Not too far away, this vulture was out on a street pole.
The route left the coast over a low hill and then was mostly inland and fairly flat. I saw the ocean for 1st 15km and not after that. Still narrow road but also not too much traffic.
I crossed some larger dry river beds on newly constructed bridges. This photo looking down at the old road, shows that in many spots that old road was completely gone where it crossed the river beds. This area seems to have been hit by hurricanes in 2014 and 2016 as well as earlier years, so when it rains apparently it can really pour.
I climbed up a low ridge at 55km and then descended down into Mulege. Photo above showed the entrance to the town.
It had chance to brush up on my Spanish.
While it was still early, the town had nice inviting little street and decided to stop here for the day.
The laundry service was closed, but washed a few items by hand.
There is a little fire station.
Mulege and other places also have these little places to fill up on purified water. I haven’t used one yet (mostly filtered my own water) but seems handly. Overall a pleasant ride today and chance to wander around through this town.
Thanks for the posts Mike. Love the photos of these little towns. We did a bit of biking out of Oaxaca last winter into small villages–always had unexpected experiences.
Jan