Recap of our Baja Motorcycle Adventure

We are home after 11 days on the road on our motorcycles. Steve and I started talking about riding the Baja when we met a couple in Cabo last year who rode from California on their Harley. Ryaan has wanted to do this ride for 40 years, so once Steve and Ryaan found out they both shared this wish, they started planning it. Ryaan just needed to buy a motorcycle! This was the first time in his adult life that he did not have a bike, so it was just a matter of finding a bike that he wanted. It was a wonderful trip, and we are all so happy we did it. The scenery was incredibly beautiful, the Mexican people were warm and friendly, and we enjoyed talking with the Americans living in Mexico as well as the Americans travelling through Mexico. Not once did we feel unsafe, but we were smart about what we did and where we went.
1.) We did not travel at night - too many curves in the road and animals crossing. 
2.) We obeyed all the speed limits in the towns, although this really wasn't hard to do. All of the towns had speed bumps (topes) to slow down traffic and most bigger topes were preceeded by a series of mini topes.
3.) Mexico kind of has a helmet law, but it is usually not enforced. We did not want to give the policia any reason to stop us, so we all wore helmets. We were very happy we did - it kept our heads warm through some very cold rides. Carol, Ryaan, and I all had shields on our helmets, but Steve did not. He was bitten a few times by bugs that hit him in the face and some part of his face was usually swollen  at any given time from the bites. I let him use my helmet with shield the last 2 days, and now he wants to get a new helmet with shield (for those times when he has to wear a helmet).
4.)We did not keep all of our cash in the same place, just in case we got stopped by the policia who wanted us to pay our "fine" on the spot. This was a non-issue as the policia never even gave us a second glance.
5.) We were friendly and respectful to everyone we met, and they in turn, were friendly and respectful to us.

We enjoyed our search for the best margarita of Baja and the results are in! We were not unanimous, but this is what we found:
Steve - Alberto's margarita in Ensenada, no matter what bar he is tending
Carol and Kathy - Alberto's tied with Bertha's restaurant in Bahia Concepcion
Ryaan - Bertha's restaurant tied with Gerardo's margaritas from LaDamiana Inn
Other mentions for really good margs are La Lunas in Loreto and Baja Max in San Felipe.
Although we weren't searching for the best salsa (we thought of that too late), we really liked Bertha's and Baja Max. If we could have only bought jars of the salsa!
We would like to visit the Baja again, but next time, travel by car so we can visit more places that were only accessible by a dirt or gravel road. We really enjoyed the Bahia Concepcion and Loreto areas and would like to revisit there in the future. But right now, we are happy to be home after our journey of 3028 miles.

I will have pictures posted to our website within a few days, so if you want to see a visual recap of our trip, go to http://www.anothernewadventure.com/ .

Adios Amigos!