February 2022 “Febrero loco, Marzo otro poco.” – Mexican Saying   Diversity abounds throughout Mexico and Central America. Language, culture, weather, climate, food, and vegetation all change from one valley…

Latter half of January 2022 “We do not learn from an experience … We learn from reflecting on an experience.” -Adaptation from A John Dewey discourse Once we were out…

Ahuehuetes, or the Montezma baldcypress, are Mexico’s national tree. The name comes from the Nahuatl (a family of Uto-Aztec languages) meaning “upright water drum” or “old man of the water.”…

Once upon a time, we rode through a land where they build the roads around trees. Malinalco is another of the Pueblos Mágicos of Mexico. I stopped to take this…

Riding out from Guanajuato we initially followed the Trans Mexico Bikepacking Route which crossed a small range the locals simple call La Cruz, to the city of San Miguel de…

With an evening arrival to the Pueblo Magico of Guanajuato, our first orders of business (after finding lodging, showers, and just, staring at the wall for a bit) was to…

We resumed the Her Odyssey Route on January 3, 2022. Picking up bikepacking where we had left off in March 2020. “Jorche y Paco son muy chambeador!” They were my…

Before I resume storytelling, suffer me a spiel. I’d like to explain a frame adjustment for our community of followers: Up to this point my objective in blogging has been…

Birthdays are tough in my book. A lot of expectations, pressure, and often disappointing. Furthermore, I’ve found myself in a season when numbers don’t matter all that much. I quit…

I remember as a kid in Latin America, I was curious and kinda jealous when families around us celebrated 3 Kings Day. Three decades later, bikepacking across Mexico, It piqued…