Motorcycle Mexico 2026 Day 12
March 04, 2026
We got up and had a nice breakfast at the hotel restaurant, then got on the road around nine. My tire was still holding air, so maybe the “fix a flat” stuff actually made its way to the right place.
It was a pretty straightforward day of riding north and west to Parral. We started on the main highways, 45 and then 49, but then we tried some different roads, taking Highway 33 from Nazas to 30 de Noviembre. It was warm most of the time and hot in some areas. There were some clouds once we got north of Cuencamé de Ceniceros and we got sprinkled on a few times which helped cool things down to the low eighties.
The more main highways in Mexico often have these shoulders that are almost a lane wide. There are no signs about this, but slower traffic typically either just drives on the shoulder, or moves over when they see you approaching in their mirrors. This way you can pass even with oncoming traffic. Even semis will do this - they just rely on oncoming traffic to move to the right since they typically have to be part way over the center line to pass.
We arrived in Parral at five and were very happy that the hotel room had an air conditioner.
After catching up on email and news for a while we walked a couple blocks to the Taco Factory. We had some very tasty tacos that came with every fixing you could think of.
