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The Wild Bunch In The Remote Backcountry of Mexico's Sierra Gorda

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Day 8
Stepped into a church
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Bustamante was founded in 1749
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Breakfast. In these kind of places you don't assume to be a customer.
You are a guest and you act like one.
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My hosts. Humanity at its purest
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Down at the plaza a crew was laying new concrete sidewalks.
I loved the features on some of the faces
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El ingenero
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Do you think these guys might have a few stories to share?
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And if you're looking for a room in Bustamante,
this is where you go to inquire
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Guard dog
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Pretty soon I was on the road again
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This little section of Mexico, south of Ciudad Victoria, to the east of 101 and west of Dr Arroyo has always been a bit of a mystery to me.
I had a day to explore.
So here is a little example of a case for GPS, which I didn't have. I was completely turned around in the picture above, and remained so for half the day, thinking I was one place on the map when I wasn't.
 
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miltonotto said:
Sorta like the Odd Couple movies?
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Not exactly. Watch the first 50 seconds and you'll understand.

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I think it best to preface my last day of exploring with this post from 2012:
Day 5: Cuartro Viejos & Hooliah too .
which explains the relation between Zaragoza and Miquihuana.

So here I was three years later, finally getting around to "the next time".
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My suggestion is that next time we explore this route from the Aserradero/Miquihuana side. With several days to kill. Plenty of riding.
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‘Cept I didn’t have several days.

Class I road out of Bustamante
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Pueblo of Gabino Vasquez
I was already lost but didn't know it
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Pretty soon I hit pavement, and hwy signs
The road I was about to take can be seen etched across the hills directly above the highway's vanishing point.
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The road to Asseradero leaves pavement at La Pena
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And the fun begins
Leaving La Pena in the distance
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Higher
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And higher
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Centro Ecoturistico de Montana, "Las Jojas de Miquihuana"
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and finally Asseradero
Not much to look at
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My idea for Day 8 was to run the little loop up into the mountains.
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So basically you have East and West legs leading off Mexico Hwy 120 in the south and forming a loop in the north.
I had been turned around most of the day, thinking I was traveling north on the West leg so when I arrived at El Asserradero I thought I was 2/3 of the way through.
And extensive interview with a local finally set me straight.
I was traveling north on the East leg and at El Asseradero I was only one third of the way through! :brainsnap

This is the guy who set me straight.
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I had come up the La Pena leg, not the Estanque leg.
 
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