Bisbonian
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Since we're in the middle of buying a house in Banamichi, Sonora Mexico we've been spending quite a bit of time down there.
A few weeks ago the fields really started to green up and the mustard was flowering nicely.
This past weekend we went down to help out some friends who were having a spaghetti dinner for the annual mountain bike race.
This abandoned mill is about a kilometer from our house.
We did some exploring and found that some of the old machinery is still in place.
It's not in very good repair and I elected not to move up to the second and third floors.
On Sunday the bicyclists were scheduled to ride right by our house. I went out a bit early and checked out our neighborhood.
The city is upgrading the water pipes in the area and ours is one of the last to get done since we're a bit out of town. Unfortunately on Friday the water main burst down the street and we lost all water pressure.
Luckily for us the street that got flooded isn't ours, I tried to warn some people from trying to drive down this but they didn't understand my American sign language and ended up getting stuck in some very deep mud.
For some reason our street is a haven for turkey vultures.
This is but a very few of what we normally get.
For those of you not familiar with turkey vultures, this is what they're all about:
It's very disconcerting to walk down our lane at night with about a hundred of these things roosting in the tree above you. They jump from branch to branch and I constantly worry about vulture puke or poop but we've been luck so far.
I found a good place to get a good view of the racers coming down the trail.
I was hoping that the 90 degree turn with loose sand would make for some excitement but these guys handled it all very well.
The event is sort of a 2-part thing. There is the race which the fast guys compete in and then there's just the ride you can sign up for which follows the same course but isn't competitive. The racers take this pretty seriously but I was happy to see plenty of riders who reminded me more of..well me.
It's a 2-day event with the first day being a ride from Sinoquipe to Banamichi. By road this is about 17 kilometers but from what I understand the ride goes through 40k of mountain trail. The second day is from Banamichi to Baviacora, this is probably about 25k by road but I have no idea how the bike course went.
Watching the riders was inspirational, I'm thinking about representing the gringos next year; just riding though, not racing.
A few weeks ago the fields really started to green up and the mustard was flowering nicely.
This past weekend we went down to help out some friends who were having a spaghetti dinner for the annual mountain bike race.
This abandoned mill is about a kilometer from our house.
We did some exploring and found that some of the old machinery is still in place.
It's not in very good repair and I elected not to move up to the second and third floors.
On Sunday the bicyclists were scheduled to ride right by our house. I went out a bit early and checked out our neighborhood.
The city is upgrading the water pipes in the area and ours is one of the last to get done since we're a bit out of town. Unfortunately on Friday the water main burst down the street and we lost all water pressure.
Luckily for us the street that got flooded isn't ours, I tried to warn some people from trying to drive down this but they didn't understand my American sign language and ended up getting stuck in some very deep mud.
For some reason our street is a haven for turkey vultures.
This is but a very few of what we normally get.
For those of you not familiar with turkey vultures, this is what they're all about:
It's very disconcerting to walk down our lane at night with about a hundred of these things roosting in the tree above you. They jump from branch to branch and I constantly worry about vulture puke or poop but we've been luck so far.
I found a good place to get a good view of the racers coming down the trail.
I was hoping that the 90 degree turn with loose sand would make for some excitement but these guys handled it all very well.
The event is sort of a 2-part thing. There is the race which the fast guys compete in and then there's just the ride you can sign up for which follows the same course but isn't competitive. The racers take this pretty seriously but I was happy to see plenty of riders who reminded me more of..well me.
It's a 2-day event with the first day being a ride from Sinoquipe to Banamichi. By road this is about 17 kilometers but from what I understand the ride goes through 40k of mountain trail. The second day is from Banamichi to Baviacora, this is probably about 25k by road but I have no idea how the bike course went.
Watching the riders was inspirational, I'm thinking about representing the gringos next year; just riding though, not racing.
