01/09/24 Ruiz - south - CycleBlaze

January 9, 2024

01/09/24 Ruiz

A tiny bit of a climb, but still mostly flat
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Picked up some avocados and bananas for lunch today
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Sorghum
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Bridge to nowhere. There’s a dirt road on either side but no ramp. This is the second one I’ve seen on this highway
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I like this view, Sierra Madre and river
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I watched him safely cross the road
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Bill ShaneyfeltNice job!

Mexican red knee tarantula I think.

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Brachypelma_smithi/pictures/collections/contributors/tricia_jones/redkneetarantula_pic00104/
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Tobacco, according to my app. I only saw this one field
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Raúl was riding his motorcycle the opposite direction and stopped to offer water and ask about my trip
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He was curious to try my bike
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and found it not as difficult as he expected
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Approaching the first climb since arriving on the mainland
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The only real picture I took while climbing. The rest were all taken in my head. I’ve decided to look for a camera in Tepic
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Bill ShaneyfeltMight be a buttercup tree.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132130/browse_photos
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I forget why I took this picture. Possibly because it’s the last of the flat
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You go through Tijuanita to get to Ruiz on the west side of the Guadalajara-Nogales railroad
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Tijuanita felt a bit rough and unfriendly
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But that might have just been the road
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Ruiz proper was a busy town
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First stop was for popsicles
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I ended up having 3
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Passed through town on the way to my hotel on the west side. This is a friendlier entrance than via Tijuanita
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Second stop was for chicken. I’ve been eating a lot of these lately
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“Surely you’re not going to eat all that by yourself”
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Yes
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I am
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Google said Casa Monte Ruesga was the best hotel in town and I believe it. The others definitely didn’t have a courtyard like this
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Today's ride: 49 miles (79 km)
Total: 1,145 miles (1,843 km)

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Patrick O'HaraHey David. Been really enjoying your journal. Great narrative and photos. Good one on ya for embarking on this adventure.
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