Hermosillo, Mexico, 6/1-2007

Route: San Luis - Sonoyta - Santa Ana - Hermansillo

When I woke up there was almost no wind. This was fortunate since the road from San Luis to Sonoyta crosses a desert area with no shelter. The road follows the US border and Sonoyta basicly is located at the border. When leaving San Luis you passes a sign saying that the next gas station is after 186 km, so you better tank up before you go. It is a good thing that Scotty have a big tank. Almost 8 gallons, which is increadeble for such a bike.

Sonoyta is basicly a couple of gas stations and some houses, then the desert begins again. The landscape gets more hilly here, and there are alsom more vegitation. Old brown vulcanos sticks up of the yellow desert sand and at some of the vulcanoes there have been mining earlier.
After Sonoyta it is another 150 km without fuel options. There are some places which maybe have some petrol in some barrels, but how good the quality of this petrol is is questionable.

Santa Ana is also just a couple of petrol stations and a couple of houses. When you see the landscape you can understand that it is not many people living here. Along the road there are sporadicly some ruins after houses, but the climate and the wind here must be tough to cope with.

From Santa Ana to Hermosillo it is more gas stations along the way. There are also some small funny looking resturants, which basicly are sheds with cooking facilties. Different food are served here and the prices is low. The vegitation here is mostly yellow grass.

In Hermosillo I stayed in a motel that had rooms that looked as prison cells. Everything that was in the room was bolted to the walls. However it was not much. A sign outside told that they also had television in the rooms. And yes, there was a television there, but did it work? Nope!
However, I had had a long day on the bike and was tired, so I just went out in one of the small local home made food places and had some tortillas and went to be.