oh man, the Sierra Madres Occidentales rocked

Check ’em out:

Valle de Banderas — this is the oldest town in the area.
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We stopped in at Doña Maria’s masa y frutas pitstop. We had excecllent homemade tacos made of stuff grown by Doña Maria. Our awesome guide Manuel showed us how boiled corn is turned into masa using volcanic rocks and the weight of your body and a scrapey, twisting action.

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Scenes from our truck and truckstop barbecue:
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