Loreto to la Paz

The roof-top, see-through pool at Poseda de las Flores, Loreto
(taken with wide angle bike cam)

We are in La Paz. It was a long day from Loreto.. about 360K but it seemed longer. A short portion of the route is through the mountains along the gulf coast but once you are through them, the road has very few bends. To circumnavigate the mountains on the gulf side of the peninsular, the highway takes you almost to the Pacific coast before returning to the gulf.

The scenery around Loreto is very nice with mountains and coastal bays and islands

Cuidad Constitucion is 150K from Loreto. It is the third largest city on the Baja and is located in an agricultural area variety fo hotels, stores,and restaurants. One never knows from a dot on the map, or the size of the printed name on the map, what you will find. Some places have few, if any hotels, some like Constitucion, have many.

The highway south of Constitucion

To combat the boredom of the straight desert road, I took to photographing the road signs with the bike cam. as a way of confirming that I understood them... not that anyone obeys them anyway! We have been riding at roughly 100 kph and we seldom pass anyone but get passed frequently. The posted speed limit never exceeds 80 kph and drops to 60 on curvy roads and 40 in built up areas.

The course starts tomorrow... Linda is getting nervous.