Los Barriles to Loreto, Baja California Sur

Central Plaza Church, Loreto, Baja California Sur

Rode north from Los Barilles to Loreto today.  The floods following the hurricane have receded and the vados (swales in the road that are part of the flood planes) are now shallow enough to drive through.  

The scenery following the rain is amazing and beautiful; the desert is in bloom.  If more people knew about the quality of the roads and fun riding them, there would be groups of motos and sports cars racing around down here.

 They backfilled missing bridge abutments with rock and dirt to get traffic moving.  I counted three bridges and several vados washed out.
I made Loreto in mid-afternoon and did a slow cruise around town.  I found a nice hotel in old town and was given a nice room ($29) overlooking the church.
The town is still cleaning up from flash floods but you can tell its a delightful little city.  I'm going exploring.
Chau for now.
via phone.

The coast, a couple days after the hurricane blew through.

If you're driving down and want to camp...