Day 5 (2-9-09)

The night before Jeff had scored a ride from some gringos staying at the hotel all the way to San Diego in a nice Ford Super Duty. Much better then the back of a donkey haha. We pack up the bikes and give our farewells to Jeff and head south on the dirt.
We stop at Coco's Corner who is a old mexican guy who has lost both of his legs and walks around on the stumps. He has been in Baja since the begining of the Baja 1000 and is a true legend. Kyle and Clay also meet us there. We go in and have some beers and talk with Coco and sign his guest book which is filled with famous off-road hero's. He is very lively and positive even concidering his situation and tells us stories of how he drives his car with 2 sticks on the pedals.
Back on the trail and its getting really cold, looking like its going to rain. 10 minutes later it starts raining, the trail gets very muddy but is not problem. Hit the highway about 30 miles later and its still raining, the droplets really sting your face at speed so we have to slow down. We hear that there is a Military Checkpoint in Oho Negra where they check your tourist visas which we do not have so we go out into the desert to avoid the Federali's. It works like a charm and 140 miles later we are in Santa Margerita on the ocean.
We ride around town until we find a cool little hotel for only $22. Unpack and walk into town and get some bomb taco's and beers.
We try to find a bar but its sunday and everything is closed, just before we gave up and went home a little cantina catches our eye and we go in. Bar tender is very friendly and welcoming and pours up up some Casadores Margeritas but they are litterally 3/4 Tequilla. He must be some sort of jedi master because they were the best margeritas ive ever tasted. Head back to the hotel thouroughly buzzed and get some much needed sleep after a long day of riding. Total miles traveled today 280.