 Buenos Diaz, there's John waking up and there's Mira already been up for a long time Waiting for somebody to throw her this ball You ready? Buenos Diaz So these dogs that you can hear Were a problem last night. They kept barking and barking and barking And it just echoed in here like crazy, but We finally fell asleep And you know what Mira doesn't even talk to him. She doesn't care She's like just throw me the ball. I'm not gonna bark. That's why we love you patience She's just waiting laser focused Okay, here we go Yeah, look the Sun came out. Oh man John's got his coffee How you feeling bud? I'm pretty good. It's not pretty well except for these dogs What dogs I don't know what you're talking about No, none of them are like Mira at all. Yeah, no, nobody's like Mira mirrors of one of a kind How's your body feeling? Do you feel like you get a little bit recharged? Oh, yeah, definitely slept pretty well Eat pretty well But you don't really know until you start riding So we'll get a few hours in and we'll see how we feel but I'm optimistic what kind of coffee you have Starbucks instant via yeah, I brought a supply from north of the border John have you ever lost a bag off your bike? That's silly talk We've just encountered a bit of a whammy. It's not a Devastating whammy, but it's a whammy John was looking down and realized that one of his Dry-bot bags had fallen off probably on that steep bumpy downhill that we both bombed down and I didn't see it So he's gonna ride all the way back. It's pretty far and then up a really steep hill Yeah, and that's why I got this bag with these little These little loops on it so I can yeah, hook it in there. Yeah security loops. Yeah, okay Mira one last kick before we get going Okay, you ready ready ride bikes you ready to ride bikes. Yeah, you ready you ready. Oh, that's a heavy thing Look at John go the beast All right back to the road Goodbye, sweet little town called revel cadet else That was a good spot to sleep for the night sometimes the grind of these trips Can wear on you a little bit But when it comes down to it All you have to do every day is get on your bike and ride and pedal and enjoy nature and eat good food And that my friends It's pretty much a dream come true. So It's hard as it gets sometimes You got to take a few steps back and be like This is pretty sweet. This is a good situation. Look at that beer dog charging Hey, John, you want to do the honors No crashes no flatties and no whammy's no whammy's baby Let's have ourselves a great day riding bikes Whoo, I'm glad I'm here with you buddy. Yeah, man. Likewise. Oh, this is fun Come on there. I'm coming Right behind you. That's so beautiful. I'm here. Good morning Morning there. So what I'm noticing today already is that the grade is quite a bit steeper yesterday seemed like You know five six percent grade today already It's eight nine percent. So a bit steeper It's a good thing. We're up early. It's not too hot yet We're just slowly making our way up It's a mini mirror. We've got the parade of dogs Yeah So we stopped here to see the cute puppy sort of talking to this nice guy and He invited us in for a cup of coffee sito mirror. There's so many friends here. There's so many friends at this house, aren't there? Hey, you Palomino Tortillas hechas a mano si las mejores no si y cuántas tortillas ha hecho en toda su vida A guste le gusta andar en bici en esta carretera aquí con mucha cuesta un poco de Ah And check it out. He's got grip shift just like our pinion set up So I don't drink coffee ever I don't drink caffeine But when I'm invited into somebody's house like this, I always take whatever they give me really and so here we go Johnny you gonna be able to handle me in a little caffeine. I'm not sure. I'm a little nervous about that whole situation It's gonna be interesting Yeah, do you think I need caffeine? Salt tortillas Tortillas are good even when they're just warm. You don't need anything on them It might seem like boring food just to eat a tortilla with salt But it's actually really good, especially when they're hot when I rode home from Honduras I used to always go to tortillas and just get hot tortillas and eat them and sometimes you put bananas in them This is a good breakfast So when we first showed up he just said come inside for coffee and now it's turned into a full-on meal and This is a really awesome situation. I just told them that this is the reason why we travel You know seeing the landscapes is fun But like meeting people being invited into their homes Making friends that for me is the best part of travel. These are the experiences. I'll never forget The surprises keep coming. She just gave me a plate of beans and quesadillas Sí, hombre, los beans de México. Gracias por todo Look at that Oh my goodness Calcumonías nuevas de la famosa mira Y Júriel, gracias por todo Usted nos salvó hoy. Tuvimos mucha hambre Gracias por todo, sí, gracias. Bueno, adiós. Que tengo un buen día Hasta la próxima Adiós That was a really Beautiful little moment Wasn't that cool John? That was super nice. I mean generosity, kindness, warmth It makes you feel good about being in Mexico Yeah, and if you were wondering, yes, we did give them money. They never asked for money But I gave them 200 pesos, which is about ten dollars The average Mexican makes about five or six dollars a day So she was definitely very excited when I handed her that 200 peso bill and it feels good to help out some locals, you know, he was talking about when the Freeway was put in five years ago. It took away all the business from this road He said this road is essentially abandoned He's up here. It's really nice. And it's cool. We are now at 8,000 feet above sea level Probably about as high as we're gonna get. I don't see a whole lot much higher than where we are right now and You can definitely feel it a little bit. There's less oxygen in there and even that family back there said that It snows here sometimes. There's the sign Espina del Diablo spine of the devil covered in a lot of stickers and on this side of the road We also have an incredible view And then of course on the other side what we've been seeing all day It's also quite impressive And I figure this sign has tons of stickers on it. So I'm gonna add my own. I have a few of these in my wallet Great place for a you are beautiful sticker Nice, huh? Because you are beautiful Madre tierra, you know, it's really Quite unique to be on this road and have no cars because if this road was in the United States It'd probably be through some National Park or something with tons of traffic on a Sunday But we're really the only ones out here. We've seen a couple cars and they're all going as slow as we are So it's a safe place to be riding right now and just looking up and looking to the left and looking to the right and enjoying all the beauty So we heard some water off the side of the road and we're gonna fill up right here. Oh, yeah some nice cold Mexican spring water Not even gonna filter it. No need We've been mostly getting our water at tiendas buying Plastic water bottles, which is unfortunate, but it's the way things happen here So whenever we can fill up in a natural source, we do it Come on Mira. Come on get some of this nice water Yeah, look at that. I need to correct myself Back there when I said we'd pretty much reach the highest altitude we'd reach at about 8,000 feet I was wrong because we're now we're at 9,000 feet Are we going any higher John? Yep La Ciudad just the city that's the name of it and we're gonna get some treats Because that's the best part of Mexico. They are really good That's flying treats. All right. I'm gonna show you my treat haul. This is fresa platano strawberry banana Got some Doritos Got some my favorite Príncipe chocolate galletas cookies and a six pack of Snickers and a little like yogurt liquato drink Not very healthy, but oh well All right, what'd you get John? Just dog food. Yeah Yeah, we share now There might be some nutrients in there totally. Oh, you got some stuff in there. It's good treats. Yep Yeah, it's an excuse to after yesterday. It's an excuse to eat a lot of potato chips. Yeah You feeling better? Oh, yeah, I feel better. Yeah, it's cool Beautiful train today, amazing So John this bag has an excess of calories saturated fats and Sodium and salt. Yeah, exactly what you need totally Health food for me So what are you doing here John? Well, I'm adding some baby oil to my brakes Which will in a pinch work as brake fluid. I don't know what happened at some point I think this lever is starting to fail and air has gone into the system. So the brakes don't work with the dam The baby is okay. Yeah. Yeah, it's mineral oil which is in here and People have done it before and I'm just trying to Get bubbles out of here out of the system because that's what causes the big problem All right, Mira Time to look cool gonna protect those oh Laserhead on your seat You're so cute Mira First night putting up the tent We found an old rancho to hide in And it should be real nice. I have my warm hat on and my puffy We are at 8,000 feet above sea level, which is about a thousand feet higher than yesterday But it's already pretty cool and the wind today has been much colder than the previous two days So I have put on my rain fly to keep in the heat Which will be cozy. This is my lovely abode Got my sleeping pad air mattress And my my quilt my charging station with all of my toys so I can make you lovely videos up there That's my riding clothes. They usually dry off up there a little top shelf action and Yeah, today was a good day we actually rode 70 miles, which is a lot we just kept riding and riding and riding and You know the light was beautiful and we we found this spot right here And we still did go up 6,000 feet of elevation. It was mostly before noon and Before noon was definitely the best part of the day. The Espina del Diablo was absolutely stunning so beautiful I want to go back and ride that again and again and again and the best part of the day though was meeting that family in the morning and you know eating breakfast with them and they were just so sweet and kind and The husband had such a nice face. You know when you meet people who have just kind Faces kind features. That's how it was with that guy. We met him on the side of the road He was holding a puppy and invited us in and that was definitely a beautiful experience And now we are out here in ranch country about 50 miles from Durango and you know what time it is Somebody always has energy at the end of the day no matter how hard the day was ready one two Go How you feeling there one You're yawning. Are you so bored of this? No No Still not a hundred percent today, but better today. Mm-hmm, and the cold is really biting me But yeah, well they had a good day. It was beautiful. Yeah, it was amazing riding So yeah, what more do you want? Not much. No, maybe some beans for dinner You think you have some mirror. Do you want my beans? You want my beans, buddy? That's not what you want. Is it? All right, you just want me to throw a stick, don't you? And now it is time to squeeze the beans out of the bag It's what's kept me going on bike trips for the past 15 plus years Come get your beans John Do you want some beans? You are too distracted. There we go. Oh, you like that This is the first time I've ever given mirror beans. She seemed to like it She waits patiently for a gringo to throw her a stick. Is this the one? Okay, go get it Cracks me up. You are so good to have a round Life is better with you. You know that? It is. It's so much better with you. Yeah, you made some friends today I saw you making friends today Good night moon. Buenas noches Reminds me