Uri and Ismael are up and ready to ride at 9:02. We got underway to Tequila by 9:06 and arrived there about 10:30.

We forgot to do a group picture yesterday, so we did two today. This is the first and we were standing in front of the aging warehouse or the Bodega de reposo.

Waiting for the tour of the Viuda de Romero (the widow Romero) distillery.

Irma, our tour guide started everything off by letting us sample some of the cooked agave, which is the product from which the juice is extracted to make tequila.

Here is Irma in front of the big autoclaves that they use to cook the agave. It cooks for 18 hours at about 225 degrees.

This machine is a ball buster. It cuts the agave hearts into eight separate pieces so that it will cook better when it goes into the autoclaves.

The plant was closed for repairs and the autoclaves were all empty. Here are Christina and Selina standing in the doorway. These things are stainless steel about 1/2" thick.

Not to let the girls have all the fun, Brad and Tony also pose for pictures inside the autoclave.

After fermentation, the juice is distilled and this room contains lots of tequila waiting to be transferred into the aging warehouse or to be cut with distilled water or cane syrup and bottled.

There was a bottling line running. These guys are putting the caps on .7 liter bottles. The guy nearest to us raps each cap with a hammer to seat it.

Quality control ladies inspect every bottle to assure they're clean, the labels are straight and it's ready to be packed.

Here's a pallet load of six .70 litter bottles of tequila getting ready for shipment to France. This company is owned by Martin Pernod, a French company.

Sample time! After the tour, all that were willing were given an opportunity to try any and all of the different products they make or bottle here. Brad, Tony and Edward are ready to give it a try.

Justin and Tony aren't really drinking. They're just propped up against those barrels.