Spent 3 days riding in the mountains of Sierra Madre Oriental mountains of Mexico with the MexTrek crew. These guys do 4 trips a year to Santiago/Galeana in Nuevo Leon.

This is the first time I've been south of the border. It was pretty awesome. The people are kind, the food was great. I don't speak much spanish, but was able to get by ok. Getting through immigration caused me some anxiety, but mostly just because I didn't know what to expect. You hear stories, but it was all a non-event if you have the right paperwork.

We traveled from Mission TX to Santiago. It's only a 2 hour ride from the border, and you're in some killer mountains. And I'm from Colorado, so I've seen some mountains!

Glad to hear you made it home OK, and that you had a good time.

flashguy

We go to Mexico once a year or so. I could argue that (depending on exact local of course) you’d be safer there, than on the beach in LA or San Diego.

That’s awesome… I went to Mikes sky ranch a couple Of times in the late 80’s early 90’s it was amazing riding and a great time. I was with friends that grew up riding in SoCal and were very knowledgeable.

And here I was expecting we would be seeing a speedometer at 160 MPH like the Corvette guys that say they are in "Mexico" with the speedo at 180 but with North American flora along side of the road. LOL

Did a trip back about 2000 that dropped in near Brownsville and went down through the mountains all the way down to Puebla. Then worked our way back up along the coast. It was an amazing trip. On the trip with me was my friend/Best Man who was fluent in Spanish. Tour lead was a total tool. After day one we just got our destination the night before and said "see you at the hotel tonight" . By day 3 we had half the group begging to join us. The tool was refusing to do side trips to any of the pyramids or other historical sites. The people off in the small towns were great to talk to.
I was slightly concerned about our security before the trip but we had zero issues. Having said that, I'm not sure I could get comfortable enough to do the trip in today's world. And on an Adventurous meter of 1-10 I'm probably a solid 8-9.

Looks like a trip to remember.
I have friends that ride in Mexico. They have never had any issues. They ride with a group so that helps.
Mexico is a beautiful country.