We decide on going for a hard days riding and start early in the morning with the goal of making it to San Ignacio before nightfall. Partway through we pass through a brutally hot desert with huge rock boulders and massive cacti. It is so hot I don't even want to stop to take pictures. Along the way there is a stretch where we are actually worried that we would run out of fuel. After an extremely long and hard day through the desert the sight of palm trees and cool water is intensely relieving. The Canadian owners of the recommended bed and breakfast are on vacation in Canada (heh). We meet a father and son who have been riding the back-roads of Baja California for decades and two people from Oregon who are riding identical blue 2009 KLRs and are on their way back home after going from Oregon to the southern tip of Baja.
No gas... We start to get worried.
In the middle of the desert.
At night I sit by the water of the oasis under the palm trees and gaze upon the stars. That image will stick with me forever.
Jewel of the desert... =P Yeah...
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