Motorcycle Mexico 2026 Day 3
February 23, 2026
We were both tired after the long day, and Gustavo actually slept until eight. The hotel provides a nice breakfast of chilaquiles with scrambled eggs, then a buffet of fruits, yogurt, and granola. We got on the road a little after ten and it had warmed up to 50 degrees, but it did not get much warmer until after noon.
We headed south on 49 toward San Luis Potosí, but we turned west to take a small road to Pinos. Unfortunately we didn’t feel like we had time to explore “El Pueblo Mágico” as Pinos is styled. As we continued west and south we passed between two wind farms that were up on distant ridges. They were generating lots of power today as the wind was pretty fierce. This area also cultivates Nopal or prickly pear cactus.
We continued south to Ocampo and then to Dolores Hidalgo. We stopped in the main square to take a photo of a replica of the bell that was rung in the first uprising for independence of Mexico from Spain known as the “Cry of Dolores” in 1810.
We had lunch at Estación 28, a restaurant in at the site of an old Pemex gas station. I had Tacos Ahogados - “Drowned Tacos” - which were some nice tacos drowned in a red chili sauce that was really tasty.
Then we headed west from Delores Hidalgo on a curvy road that goes over a mountain range to Guanajuato.
After checking in to our hotel up on a hillside above town we down to the center of the city and wandered around for a while, including exploring some of the tunnels that go under the ridges of this hilly city. Then we met up with Michael, who we contacted through Adventure Rider. He tried to take us to a couple of restaurants that he knows, but they were both closed on Mondays. Instead, we ended up going to one that was next door to the first one (which had an amazing view), and then to another one a couple blocks from the second one. We just had beer and appetizers at both places since we’d eaten a pretty filling late lunch.
