Day 3 (and 4): Oceanside to San Felipe, MX

Day 3 was an absolutely epic ride covering roughly 310 miles from Oceanside, CA to San Felipe, MX. After a short guided tour from Mark through the beach and downtown Oceanside, we headed up towards the mountains on Highway 78 East. This highway was the quintessential street bikers dreamride on twisty roads up to the town of Julian, rough elevation of 4500 feet. From there we headed down into the deserts of Eastern San Diego county. We caught up with Highway S2, which then linked us up with Interstate 8, dropping us right into the Calexico/Mexicali Border.

The border crossing was more than easy, there was literally no human interaction necessary heading into Mexico. However, the line heading into the US was backed up for miles. From there we headed South down 5 to the town of San Felipe, MX. There was a stop on the way into San Felipe where the Federales checked out gear looking for drugs, but it was quick and they were more than friendly.

From my take, San Felipe is an cool old fisherman's hangout meets upcoming resort/tourist town. My Aunt Sandy recently built a beautiful oceanfront home on the outskirts or town where we are staying for 2 nights. The house is absolutely beatiful and is done to the max with no expenses spared. Today we went fishing on a small boat chartered by a crazy local who started screaming everytime we hooked up a fish no matter how small it was. We cooked up some fish tacos afterwards and are now at the local internet cafe. I'm trying to upload some pics from the last couple days but it doesn't seem to be working too well. Tomorrow we'll head South through the town of Puertecitos and beyong. From what we hear it's graded dirt road after Puertecitos that can be a bit iffy in terms of passability certain times of the year. Our plan is to make it to La Paz to catch the ferry to mainland Mexico by Monday.

Hopefully Kyle will grace us with his presence to add some more details.