Biggest day yet - 65 miles! Beaten the previous by about 10 miles. A great downhill through canyon lands started the day until we hit the road. After struggling on gravel next to it we quickly hopped on the main road for some fast miles. A quick visit to the Salton sea made us never want to go back and the evening involved cycling into a big headwind as we made it to Indio/Coachella in a sandstorm.

A great day in the desert, we left the badlands and headed to Borrego Springs where we had a fantastic lunch and got some wifi in the state park centre. The afternoon consisted of marvelling over some incredible desert statues. Tom also gives us some great facts about vultures!

A day back in the proper desert and it was fantastic! What a day! After debating whether to do the desert crossing due to a serious lack of food in the little shop, the owner Mark cooked us a fantastic meal we headed into the desert. Despite some sandy sections we had a fantastic day making our way through canyons.

After only doing 8 miles by 12:00 we ended up with a nice 43 miles. Some great riding on and off road with some chunky climbs took us deeper into the mountains and some proper single track! We also met a man with a fantastic moustache and an all American action man!

Our first full day in the US and we left the Baja Divide route. After finding our planned route blocked and adding an extra 30 miles we headed up some big hills into the San Diego mountains and towards the SoCal desert ramble bike packing route.

We made it to the United States!! Another great day lead us to Tecate along some great trails (where we went the wrong way) and then speedy roads. The international border crossing went smoothly enough despite Sam not having the correct documentation and we were finally in America. A little on edge being in a new country we found a nice camp spot and slept well.

Our final night in Mexico! It was quite a big day and a great days riding. A fair climb started the day in the hills and a fantastic decent ended it. After being harassed by thousands of ants we abandoned our first camp spot and found another near an abandoned hostel.

A lovely mornings riding along some smooth roads with a great temperature and stunning views. Getting to Ojos Negros we took a long while to decide whether to have the afternoon off or not. A chance meeting made our decision and we had a fantastic afternoon and evening!

A morning on the road gave some easy miles where we had a big breakfast stop as we finally had some good internet. We climbed some big hills and headed back out the cloud into the sun. We also had another puncture!!

We woke to rain, yuck! After packing up had some great fun racing each other along what was pretty much a pump track. Some great coast riding where we saw a range great of sea life. The first puncture of the trip finally happened!