May 1, 2013

Today was a day of easy riding through the countryside ending with us arriving in Durango. Our route takes us through San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas. Zacatecas is an old colonial town that is very famous for it's silver mining history. On a previous trip, we stayed several nights in Zacatecas, and toured the big mine and the entire town. We even attended an opera in a gorgeous five story wooden opera house there once. We have been to Durango many times and have always enjoyed our time here. There is a hotel that is a block and a half from the town square that allows us to park our bikes in the lobby. It is a very nice hotel with a great Brazilian restaurant inside the huge lobby. The procedure is, ride up the step through the big double doors, through the entry and through another set of double doors. Go straight and turn left at the restaurant. Ride past all the nicely dressed restaurant patrons until you get to the registration desk. Park your bike on the nice marble floor near the registration desk. Nothing but the best for our bikes. The town was alive, as usual, with townspeople strolling the streets and filling the main square. We had a fun evening.