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The coolest baja dog I've come across (not the little one, that tried to bite my shoe, and should have kicked it across the street)

Total distance on the odo before changing the batteries (includes side trips, detours, rest days, etc - not direct route, from Alaska)

New addition to the gear, makes cooking so much easier.  Thanks a lot Wyatt!

Long-travel I-beam ranger... right on

Lots of checkpoints, checking traffic both ways

I never know what I'll come across trying to find a camp spot for the night

Hearty veggy stew (getting my irish-potato fix)

All sorts of strange things that can be deadly to tires

Old volcano

First glimpse of the Sea of Cortez of the trip

Great view, and actually prison down on the right corner

My favorite town in baja so far, Mulege is muy tranquilo

Antulio working his magic

Mulege is like an oasis

Came around a corner and saw this.  I stopped for a while just absorbing the view - truly magnificent

What a place to have lunch and go for a swim

Just another day in the office

Sunrises are great

Found some great Mexican coffee - heard there wasn't any...

Enjoying a day off, jamming in the shade

Canadian RV'ers camping nearby.  Nigel on the left (and his wife) cooked me a fabulous dinner, thanks!

Different Puerto - with no waves

Staying cool.  Big reason why people say not to drive at night; the animals cross the roads looking for food when it cools.

Climbing over "Sierra De La Giganta" - the name says it all

Taking cover whenever/wherever I can

There's always something on the roads down here that could turn any day bad instantly.

Lots of things like this floating around on the landscape, have to be really careful wheeling my bike across the dirt

Nothing like some good Iranian tea.  Thanks Azam!

 Occasionally people ask me what I eat.  Here is a good little something I've made a few times:

Such good cheap tortillas down here.  Even just a little oil in the pan with some of these is satisfying

Roll it up, and sizzle in the pan until the outside is browned nicely

Time to devour

Add a little kick if you like

Not a lot of good chocolate to choose from down here.  Like always, gotta improvise.  Getting my chocolate fix, in a medium of milk

Martin and his son Julian.  He made this massive bbq when he lived in Texas.  He was very kind, and gave me a soda and some cookies, gracias!

Tortilleria in the grocery store... awesome

The bigger cities have a road that cuts through the middle, to avoid the congestion near the buildings and side roads

Always such a project to get packed up

The most elaborate road-side shrine I've seen yet

Hot day. That's not water reflecting the headlights, a mirage.  You can see the radiation emanating from the ground

Enough said

Keeping the ponys away from my food

Homemade machaca, drying in the sun

Benjamin, up early working hard

Benjamin's parents.  They invited me in for breakfast before I left

I don't even know these guys. They just wanted a picture when they saw me taking others.

This tree is begging for a touring cyclist to take lunch under

First view of La Paz

Come a long way

Chasing my shadow into town

Hanging with CS'ers Peter and Suzy

Frigate birds. Never saw these before until Sea of Cortez.  These massive birds just hang in the sky.

From my boat trip in Guerrero Negro:

Taking a lancha to the whales.  Calm morning - nice.

Gueros(?) rare bird apparently

Sometimes they blow off a massive amount, and you'll see a big boil

Occasionally see them pop out of the water to look around, or "spyhopping", really weird to see.  Sometimes they hang there for a few seconds.

Saying hello.  They are either very curious, intelligent, or a bit of both I think.  This one came right up to the boat.

The lagoon for the whales is very protected.  The open area nearby is used extensively for processing salt - big business.

 What I hope is waiting for me in Mainland Mex: