September 17 Viana to Navarrete 23 km / 14 miles

A perigrina and her dog.

On the way to Logroño

Entering Logroño
 
Logroño
Church of Santa María de Palacio
 
Logroño
Olive Oil
and bread!
Park and Lunch. More Logroño.
Maybe I’m finally getting out of Logroño
Outskirts of Logroño
The “Meddy Day!” Pilgrim from France on the left. The fellow on the right is from the Netherlands.
I couldn’t face the stairs to climb to the village at the end of the day, so sat there for an hour to rest and get my courage up.
It was a hot day. And I was a hot Day.
Potter. Navarrete is known for its pottery

September 16 Meddy Day! Meddy Day! – San Sol

A few days into my walk, I get a text with a

photo from Dana Ballentine, who has walked three Caminos and is planning her fourth. She’s my Camino mentor and lives close to me in Kansas. The photo is of a fellow she met on the Le Puy Camino in France who evidently started the same route I’m on a couple of days behind me. She also sent him a photo of me. On one of my many photo pauses, I hear a man behind me- Meddy Day! Meddy Day! Lo and behold, there was the guy whose photo I’ve been carrying for nearly a week!