Copper Canyon Mexico - Traveling to Creel
Getting There
The
trip unofficially started with getting ourselves to El Paso Texas. Getting
all your stuff into bike luggage box can be quite tricky with the layers of foam
and various bits of disassembly that you must perform. Once I got
everything in my box it looked like an overstuffed triple-decker club sandwich. After plenty of strap pulling, nudging and squeezing I got the box closed up and
was ready to go.
After flying from San Diego to El Paso we spent the afternoon putting our bikes
together and socializing. My bike spent the rest of the evening leaning
against the wall of my hotel room. As I started to fall asleep I could almost
hear my bike asking “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? When can I ride, huh? huh?
huh?
Day One of the Tour
We started bright and earlier with our trip leader and
GeoJourney's owner, Blair meeting us at
our hotel in El Paso, Texas a little after 6AM. After
getting all of our gear packed, we were soon crossing the border into Juarez,
Mexico. It did not take too long to escape the industrial clutches of the city
and into open country side. We went through semi-arid flatland, rolling
farmlands and eventually into the scenic Sierra Madre Mountains. The trip to
Creel was a nice “tour” on its own and it gave us all a chance to get to know
our riding cohorts a little better. Only
one small
bird had to die for us to make it safely into interior of Mexico. We arrived into
the wonderful rustic town of Creel late in the afternoon. While the town has a
little bit of the tourist thing going, it for the most part has an
old
west charm
about
it.
We stayed in
a wonderful lodge that had all of the amenities you would expect in the US and
then some. We had a very good meal that evening at the lodge
in addition to a couple (or five) rounds of tequila to toast the start of our
adventure. Most of us were done for the night shortly there after.
