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The Ride of the Jaguars – El Viaje de los Jaguares

Here is a brief intro to the “Ride of the Jaguars” from Alan Watson….more to come….

Jim Tegler of Whitehorse, Yukon (a wilderness advocate and volunteer at WILD9) is flying in to Missoula tonight. He and I are loading up 4 motos tomorrow and heading to Albuquerque with my flatbed farm truck over the week-end and Monday.

Bill Overbaugh of BLM-Alaska is flying into Albuquerque as is Steve Carver of the University of Leeds, UK. A threatened species, the Jaguars have depleted in numbers from an original 9 to just these four. Wilderness Warriors, eager to learn about Mexico and the people there to put WILD9 into context.

Our route is roughly to cross the border at Del Rio, Texas on Wednesday and try to make Monclova. Then roughly to Tampico, Vercruz, Campeche and dip down into Chiapas to the Blue Mountains (Monte Azules Biosphere Reserve) before sprinting up to Merida. We hope to stop early each day to experience whatever communities we are in, and allow some time to enjoy the beaches.

We’ll settle more about our trip when we get together in Albuquerque, but we’re leaving plans a little open until we see road conditions, how available hotels and fuel are. We’ve checked it out a little, but we’re leaving lots to happen as it happens. Asi es la vida, “that’s life.” It’ll unfold to us as we live it.

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