Bruise and Boast

This week at Creel the town was to adventure riders as Sturgis is to Harley riders. Horizonsunlimited, a internet based type of bike club for adventure riders, orginized (or in this case unorginized) a ride where members and nonmembers came together to ride, exchange stories, make connections, and network. We called it the Adventure Riders Buise and Boast. Lots and lots of bikes...KTM 640, KTM 950, BMW R100GS, BMW R1150GS, BMW R1200GS, 650 Dakar, Suzuki 400DR, Kawasaki KLR650, Honda Trans Alp, of course the Suzuki Vstrom (like ours) and Ken's all time favorate the Honda Africa Twin. We talked to people who gave us some advise and some who graciously extended invitations to visit them in Mexico City, Guadaljara and Columbia, and as we have said before "Be very careful because Ken and I usually show up on the doorstep sooner or later". During the last four days we were in Creel, three people had some bike trouble while out rideing off the beatin track in the mountians. They where found two days and three nights later cold and hungry but basicly o.k. It was a little of a reality check, getting lost happens fast and it happens relatively easy and you don't want it happening to you down here.
While checking out the local grocery store in Creel, a habit I still find hard to break, I met Kelly and later his wife Della. They are a great couple who, you guessed it, are headed to Tierra del Fuego, they have sold just about everything and are travelling Central and South America and then on to Africa and maybe Europe. Although they have a little time then us we are going to travel with them for a while, at least until Mexico City (look out Garry here we come).
The four of us, Kelly, Della, Ken and myself left Creel early on the 12th of Oct. and more than ready to get on our way and to continue on our own adventure. Riding in the Sierra del madre mountians in northern Mexico is beautiful with an abundance on twisties (technical term for a road with alot of turns) including the Devils Back Bone which is the name of part of the road from Durango to Mazatland. This road winds along the top of the mountains and in some spots you can actually see off the road on either side. Little towns and local roads cut through the jungle, it really is AMAZING! Please help me here, I have been using that word to death and I need to expand my vocabulary...any suggestions?
So anyway.... here we are Mazatland, hot, humid and hanging out at the pool for a couple of days. A couple days out of the saddle and into a lounger studing my spanish then south again. Can't wait.