Ride to Estacion Dimas

 

This weeks journey was to Estacion Dimas for lunch at Restaurant Pissis.  This has always been a favorite destination for a good lunch.  However, we are now faced with no easy access to our route as it is under repair.  The on ramp bridge to go north out of the Cerritos area of Mazatlan and/or connect with the free road or Mex 15 has been torn down and is in the process of being replaced at Mexican speed.  There is no easy alternative to head north.

You can see our rather convoluted route.  We could have gone north on the toll road or Mex 15D but in addition to a toll it's a boring ride.  

At this point we have gone north, east, south, north and now we're heading west to the free road.  The road is rough and this bike isn't the comfy Harley!

We used this crossover road at Marmol last year as well when the El Quelite bridge was taken out during a hurricane.  Always a little wrinkle!

Coming onto the free road and " why did the chicken cross the road?"

El Quelite to the right but not today. 

Up ahead Estacion Dimas. We've come in on highway 2 from Mex 15 to Dimas and it was rough and under repair today. 

Estacion Dimas is nice quiet, pretty little town. 

Our restaurant of choice.  We've been coming here for years and watched the children of the family who runs the restaurant grow up.  Always lots kids in here. 

While we sit I can watch the families on motos, backhoes, tractors, quads and even a mule go by.    We did chat to a Canadian couple who managed to find there way here from Estrella del Mar which is just south of Mazatlan.  Their destination was Las Labradas or the museum and petroglyphs about 16 km south on the toll road. I showed them the route on my phone as they were travelling without any data on their phone which in our minds is not a good thing.  They could have come north on the toll road to Las Labradas as there is an exit to it.  They seemed a bit shell shocked by the route we had just traveled. They did say they were taking the toll road back!

Chips and salsa. 

The clean up crew!

Eric and I both ordered pescado relleno or stuffed fish which came with rice, salad and tortillas. 

Lots of fish with shrimp, octopus, peppers and onions.  We've always enjoyed the food here but today it was all a bit flat.  The salsa had no zip and the fish wasn't spiced enough.  Maybe Mama wasn't cooking.  

As we were finishing up a whole crowd of children arrived with Gramma and a couple of women.  Two of the bigger boys were horsing around and fighting back and forth and promptly got a cuff in the back of the head and then they were separated!  Funny.  Maybe a birthday party?

The food here is much cheaper than Mazatlan and our large meals were only 180 pesos each. We split a Topo Chico which I hadn't tried before.  Carbonated mineral water. 

Heading back along highway 2 to Mex 15 and the whole area is agriculture.  Lots of water from the Piaxtla river and fertile soil.  

We were well tenderized and tired by the time we got home.  A good, but tiring trip.