October 4 Molinaseca More Adventures
The following is a summary of communique from Mary over the course of the afternoon (her evening).
I wanted to walk the road instead of the rocky path. Since I can’t connect to Google maps, I asked the driver of the Swiss tourist bus that pulled into the fancy place here. Another man, who is in charge, said that was the road but some areas were extremely steep. If I wanted to wait 30 minutes, they would give me a ride in the bus. I’m always hitching rides!
That’s the man who is giving me a ride. He has walked the entire Camino Frances seven times.
The bus people are impressed that I’ve been walking because they walk a while then get on the bus, then walk some more. But I saw them on the hard, rocky downhill. They are tired.
The bus driver is German and doesn’t speak English.
Everyone on the big bus sang happy birthday to me.
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| Rocky Road – Isn’t that ice cream?! |
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| While I wait… |
October 4 Molinaseca
October 4 Foncebadón Confounded SIM Card Issues
Mary has been having trouble recharging her SIM card. The process continues to fail. While we continue to make attempts at recharging, here are some photos captured along the way. At this point in time, new photos will only come when Mary is at a WiFi hot spot… until we can get her SIM card recharged.
October 4 Foncebadón A lady took my birthday photo today.
October 4 Rabanal del Camino This day requires some energy
I don’t usually have breakfast before I leave, but they had a good option and this day requires some energy.
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October 3 Rabanal del Camino Knee, don’t fail me now!
Tomorrow’s going be a hard one for me. I better get myself out of the door earlier! 24.5 km /15+ miles. 1,200 ft elevation gain then a steep 3,035 ft descent.
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October 3 Rabanal del Camino Arrival
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| Part of the last two kilometers into Rabanal |
I’ve arrived in my “tonight” village. Lodging is down the street. As in THE street. I am barely in the village and hanging outside a bar/Mercado. 14 days to Santiago. That includes two rest days. There’s a mountain in there, folks. I’m finishing day 27 today.
The dirt trail was a welcome change!
October 3 Brazuelo Coke time
2km from the stop for the day, but taking advantage of a roadside truck. Coke time! Pilgrims. This fellow is Italian. I’ve seen him off and on my entire walk. He started 3 days after me.
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