Alaska to Mexico Marathon. Day 28. Sunday 24 September 2023.

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Our travels take us from Guerrero Negro to Loretto via Benito Juarez, the Mulege Brew Company to Hotel La Mision in Loreto.

It was a cool morning, in fact it was cooler outside than it was inside with the aircon going. Clear skies, it was going to be a scorcher.

Betty checked out and ready to go. No oil leaks and all working well.
Like bees around the honey pot. Competitors waiting to check out.
Our first and only regularity for the day. It was squeezed in as otherwise it would have been an uneventful day.

Not long after leaving this enemy some 55kms from the start, we blew the left rear tire. What a mess. No fixing this one. Steve had only just commented that the steering was a little sloppy. It was the tire that we had to just pump up every morning to the correct pressure. There was obviously more to it than a slow leak. A quick change and back on the road. 283 kms of it!! We were supposed to arrive at the next time check at 13.48 hours. This was at the Mulege Brew Company. Lunch was served here in the form of fast food. It was very hot and dry. 45degrees Celsius.

The Brew Company.

Beautiful beaches, usually spoiled by commercial activity and broken Dow batches on the shore. There’s no tide and the houses sit only 3/4 meters from the water.
A disused steel mill right on the foreshore.
A correction facility. I would not like to be an inmate here.
The ever changing scenery.
Great to see the sea. It’s the gulf of California, not the Pacific Ocean. So the temperature is hot all the way.

This last leg was 129 kms. The landscape is that of wasteland. No one lives here and there’s no animal or much bird life.

This temperature really sucks the life out of you. We drink lots of water on the way.

Our hotel at Loreto is almost on the water save for the road that separates us.

Our position in this competition has steadily improved over time and as at yesterday we were 22 in the category B Classic. In classic 4 large early classics we’re 3rd. We’ve climbed the ladder by attrition. There were 50 cars to begin with. We need to keep Betty going and look after her. Another car withdrew today with water in the oil. You know what that means.

We’re cooling off now. Diner at 7.00.

Another long day tomorrow of 382kms with three time checks and a regularity included. It’ll be the second to last day of this adventure.

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