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A quick update, before I catch a bus. I finally broke out of Gomez Farias, after spending two nights in the local hospital with a bit of an abscess. It seems to be healing quite nicely, but I’m under doctor’s orders not to ride again for another week. Bugger.

One of two severely bent structs in my rear rack - the longer bar should be straight and vertical

So, after spending the day in Cuauhtemoc repairing my bike and catching up on email and such, I’m headed to Creel on the evening bus. Creel is the “gateway” town to Barranca del Cobre - Copper Canyon, which is supposed to be magnificent. I’m looking forward to it, but have a feeling there’s going to be much temptation to be back in the saddle.

I did purchase one of those fancy split seats in town, so maybe that will help.

Hat shop in Cuauhtemoc

Cuauchtemoc is a pretty large city - and one of the places all the cowboys from the surrounding area come to to get their gear. So there’s countless tackle shops, and hat shops, and boot shops. There will be entire shops filled with identical white cowboy hats, floor to ceiling. As far as I can tell, the only difference is in the color of the thin hat bands.

This, all right next to electronics shops, and Pizza Hut, and new land rovers. I have to say, if cowboy boots and bicycles didn’t clash so much, I might be tempted…