Dallas to Batopilas and return Summary

Day /Start/ End /Mileage
16APR /Arlington, TX /Lake Brownwood SP/ 178
17 /Lake Brownwood/Presidio, TX USA/ 442
18 /Presidio, TX/Chuautomec, Chihuahua, MX /266
19 /Chuautomec, CHH/Creel, CHH/ 200
20/ Creel, CHH/Batopilas, CHH/ 111
21 /Batopilas, CHH/Presidio, TX USA/ 465
22/Presidio, TX/ Lake Belton, Belton TX /553
23/ BMW Rally Rides/ 50
24/Belton TX/ Dallas, TX USA/ 161

Total Days - 8
Total mileage (approx) - 2464
Total Lodging costs - 139$ (USD)
Total Gas costs - 138$ (USD)
Total Food costs - 85$
Number of times actually on wrong road - ONCE
Number of times run out of gas - ONCE (each, and BOTH in the USA!)
Number of OOH's and AAAH's along the way - incalculable!

April is a good time to go!

Border Crossing Paperwork! You will need DL, Title Registration, Copy of TItle, Credit Card to post bond that you will not sell your vehicle, for a tourist card to travel further than 25 miles from the border. I would take a passport even though it was not required as it may be in the future due to the US requireing one for Mexican citizens coming into the US.

10 to 1 they let me in the interior of Mexico with a title application only! The bike was just purchased last Friday!

Now then, which way to the Copper Canyon area of Mexico?

Why Randy, you will trust anybody with your camera!

So you guarantee this famous pizza place here in Marfa?

So this rocket fuel will get us to Mexico?

Home 24,655 -22,191=2,464 miles

Area of Adventure. Next year Mazatlan!

Great place to ride!

Copper Canyon Mexico

Map from Creel Mexico to Batopilas

From Batopilas to Presidio in One Day!

Kilometers... not miles!

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The bridge

The climate was like California

Fuel before leaving.

Leaving Batopilas

Town Square

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Juanita's Hotel - Batopilas, Mexico

We puhed our motorcycles right through Juanitas house !

Room overlooked the river.

Good safe place to park bikes right outside our room.

Juanita's is just off the square.

Batoplias, Mexico 04/20/05

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I am starting to bond with my Beemer!

Oh, Oh, OH!

God's awesome creation!

Say what?

Randy scatching head again!

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This way would be quicker!

Watch out for the on coming traffic!

Just entered another world!

OH WOW !

Plan on about 3-4 hours on the swith backed last 40 miles into the bottom of the canyon to Batopilas Mexico! What a ride!

After turning to rock stay left. If you go right you will pass a mission hospital. Go back before you get lost and run out of fuel. If you are crossing water like this then you probably turned right instead of staying left.