Mexico - July 14th, 2019

Chapala

Reina del Lago de Chapala, La Virgen de Zapopan

Church bells, a brass band, The Virgin, sacred hymns, insistent and never ceasing drums, ecstatic dancing, for hours through the mid-day heat.

Catholicism, indigenous culture remembered. Something between the sacred and profane.

Mexico - July 15th, 2019

Ajijic to Guadalajara (35 miles)

Having paid my respects to the albino burros at Yves's restaurant,  I rode out of Ajijic without crashing on the big loose cobblestones.

Mexico - July 16th, 2019

Guadalajara

I spent the day in this dense, busy, run down, colorful city. I made a pilgrimage by taxi to Taller Jose Clemente Orozco, Orozco's Guadalajara studio, now used as a community gallery.

Mexico - July 17th, 2019

Guadalajara to Morelia (205 miles)

A nice ride through the little pueblos along Highway 15.  A good road with a fair amount of traffic. The rain came down in the afternoon, as usual.

Mexico July 18th, 2019

Morelia

Food poisoning in Guadalajara, and now sick in Morelia.

Sick, but well taken care of in a little hotel, Suites Concepto, run by good Catholics, as are many in the Centro.

Mexico - July 19th, 2019

Morelia

Feeling good on this cool bright morning, I wandered the Centro Historico until the 4pm “tormenta electrica” drove me indoors.