This first Sunday of April marked the beginning of daylight savings time in Mexico – several weeks after the U.S. and Canada moved their timepieces forward one hour. All three countries are presently debating the wisdom of resetting clocks each spring and fall. But there is no consensus as to whether a year-around time should coincide with standard time or daylight time. In any case, those of us who switched to daylight time overnight woke in darkness and started our weekly Sunday ride with the sun much lower on the horizon. This may work to our advantage, as April and May are the hottest months of the year in Oaxaca, and so our rides will take place in cooler hours. In any case, today’s excursion took the group through the Rosario neighborhood and then up and over a ridge of hills on a rough jeep road before descending into Santa Maria el Tule – a route we call the Back Way to Tule. After resting a bit in the lovely zocalo there, it was easy pedaling back to Oaxaca on mostly level terrain. The distance covered amounted to 31.2 kilometer (19.4 miles), with an elevation gain and loss of 285 meters (930 feet) on the circuit.