Day 2 – Mascota Revisited
The Church. Mascota.
We tried several means to leave Mascota todaya but alas we are still here. The incessant rain, lack of warm rain gear and mountain terrain that lies ahead kept us off our bikes. So we explored the area a bit and had a lovely dinner with our newfound Mexican friends (read Root Canal).
Herba Buena area just outside of Mascota
This mountainous Sierra Madre region of Jalisco is lush and fertile with copious agave crops and the people are open and outwardly helpful – in our cold and wet state today in the back of a pickup truck we were given tequila to warm up. Mexican hospitality at its best. Overall Mascota appears to be a slightly upscale mountain town.
Federali always packin big guns...
Day 3 has dawned clear and cold (we are at 5000 feet) and we´ll be heading south to Talpa, where many Mexicans make pilgrimage each year to the Virgin Mary. The brutally ornate Catholic churches remind me of many days past in American Catholicism.
Herba Buena area.
After much discussion and deliberation (and WAY too much information offered from locals) we´ll be changing our plan again and heading south east, then west toward Llano Grande. I´m restless to get started again. Back at you as I can…
Church ruin in Mascota.The Church in Mascota.The first of much 'advice' we acquired on our route. All written down on a napkin...The map. And directions on napkin since map didn't have very many roads we needed on it.
