18.2 miles in 8 1/2 hours. The rumors have started about full hostels down the road, but we found a place in the town we were aiming for. Out first choice was full, but they told us where there was room, and it was a few steps down the road, so here we are.
Keith took a lot of pictures today including several of me. I ate ice cream around 9:00 this morning while everyone else ate breakfast. There's also a picture of me walking down a very steep path with another steep path going up in front of me. Keith also likes to record the flowers he sees here. Today, he's got a pink one and a white one. I asked him to give me the camera so I could show you what he looks like today. :-)
After the halfway point of our day, we stopped in a town, and I discovered my first blister. I treated it, and we left. The next 7 or 8 miles had NOTHING! You can see a picture of the road that curves twice-- that was the most exciting thing we saw door a LONG time today, so we took a picture of it. We cannot judge our distance well because we walk at different speeds during the day, so we had no idea when it would end. We noticed that we made progress because our view of the windmills was changing. We've decided that we really like windmills because they look so peaceful, but they are so green for the earth.
Tomorrow will be a large city called Burgos. We decided to skip the laundry today, and we'll wash it all tomorrow in a machine. We're also going to include our jackets and rain pants because they have gotten a LOT more wear than we planned!
We have decided how we will end our Camino. After Santiago, it's a 3 or 4 day walk to the Atlantic Ocean. The town there is called Finisterre, and we will walk if we feel up to it, but we will take a bus if we sing have time or energy to walk. We're excited to see the Atlantic from the other side!
We're 27 days from leaving on our cruise, but we feel a million miles from all of that life. When it comes, we'll be glad to see it.
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