Our GPS says we walked 20.5 miles today, but I'm suspicious because there's a weird part at the beginning. It was definitely over 19 miles, though. We're dead!
The blister count between us is up to four with three of them currently being treated. We're taking good care of each other!
You can see the town we're staying in tonight as we saw it from the top of the hill. Finally!! The last third of our trip today had absolutely no places to stop and rest! We were very glad to see this town!
Earlier in the day, we crested a hill and saw a place to rest in the distance with the long Camino path between us and the town. It always takes longer to get into town than I expect when I can see it a long way off!
I keep trying to remember to tell you all a story, and now I've finally remembered. It is common on the Camino to take a bus to a town if a pilgrim is sick, injured, tired, or lazy. We see buses and bus stops frequently, and I always tell Keith, "That's my bus!" Usually, it is headed in the wrong direction, so he reminds me where we're headed. Sometimes, I still think a bus might feel better, no matter which way it is going! For the record, neither of us have been transported by anything other than our feet since we got out of the taxi in France. We'll let you know if that changes, but you have to promise not to look down on us if we do it. That wouldn't be the Camino way. :-)
Well, my shoe insoles made things worse. I didn't even make it five miles before I took them out because the pounding pain would be better than what I lived with while they were in! I'm so disappointed! Basically, I bought shoes that fit without any insoles, and there isn't enough room for foreign objects with my feet in them. They weren't all that thick, but they were to thick to be comfortable. Ugh! Now I know that I will need to learn to live with the pounding pain and that nothing can be done to help it. At least I know now! Although, Keith and I agreed that I had to try everything before I decided to live with it. Now I've decided.
Tomorrow will make two weeks of walking. We are planning on a short day to allow our bodies to recover from today. We've agreed to take a rest day in León if we don't take one before we get there. I don't know how far away that is right now, but I think it's less than ten days. The cruise countdown is at 25 days today! Can you tell I'm ready?!
We've checked the weather in the States every few days, and we're convinced that we're missing the summer heat by being here! It's hot today by Spain standards, but I bet it barely got over 80 degrees. These folks are smart with their siesta!
We're off to rest after a pizza dinner.
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