Countryside and weather changing - Nearing Mexico City
We're in Tula today and visited the ruins of the Toltec capital here (from about 800-1100 A.D.)
We've come quite some distance from Zacatecas - down through a pretty stark countryside and over a big mountain into the Bajio, another major silver producing area and the birthplace of the Mexican War for Independence back in 1811. We worked our way through the cities - a day for riding, a day or two for visiting - Guanajuato, Dolores Hidalgo, San Miguel de Allende, Queretaro. Then we rode down toward the famous ruins of Tula and Teotihuacan near the Valley of Mexico. We're almost in the middle of Mexico now!
As you can see by the picture, we've been riding through some pretty agricultural areas and seeing some mountains - both quite a treat. And we had our first rain the other day - a decent thunderstorm. Tonight in Tula it really poured, with violent thunder and lightning. After 2 1/2 months never even thinking about rain, we're going to have to get re-oriented. And we're mighty happy to be in a hotel tonight! I think we would have been washed away.