Freshly picked (?) strawberries on the side of highway 58 somewhere in the state of Guanajuato…nearly lost control trying to stop in time but they were so NOT worth it (Dec. 2013).

More villages in Hidalgo above the town of Pachuca (Dec. 2013).

Driving the mountain (dirt) roads high above Pachuca in search of our final climbing objective…we’d find the trailhead but also shitty conditions (Dec. 2013).

Checking out the village of San Jeronimo after bailing on the climb idea nearby (Dec. 2013).

Village of San Jeronimo in Hidalgo (Dec. 2013).

Checking out the old church in the high village of San Jeronimo outside of Pachuca (Dec. 2013).

Some pretty flora somewhere in Hidalgo (Dec. 2013).

We’ve dropped below the clouds here after bailing on the idea of climbing on our final day. This is the high country of Hidalgo above the village of San Jose Tepenene outside of Pachuca (Dec. 2013).

Fruits of the desert in Hidalgo’s high country (Dec. 2013).

High above the village of San Jose Tepenene in the state of Hidalgo (Dec. 2013).

Mexico City (Dec. 2013).

NSA listening post in Mexico City disguised as a taco stand (Dec. 2013).

Catedral Metropolitana in Mexico City (Dec. 2013).

Shirley by the Catedral Metropolitana (Dec. 2013).

Catedral Metropolitana (Dec. 2013).

Mexico City (Dec. 2013).

Mexico City’s Centro Historico (Dec. 2013).

Palacio Nacional in Mexico City (Dec. 2013).

Shirley by the Catedral Metropolitana (Dec. 2013).

Strolling the Plaza Garibaldi (Dec. 2013).

A mariachi band warming up (lead singer is waking up from a nap) in Plaza Garibaldi with the Museo del Tequila y el Mezcal in the background (Dec. 2013).

Museo del Tequila y el Mezcal in Plaza Garibaldi…unfortunately closed when we were there (Dec. 2013).

Plaza Garibaldi and agave plants…Museo del Tequila y el Mezcal is directly behind me (Dec. 2013).

Mexico City’s Plaza de la Tres Culturas: Aztec pyramid ruins, 17th century Spanish Templo de Santiago and some modern tower…anyway, it was closed (Dec. 2013).