A Day On A Path
Up and down another mountain. The Camino is busily training me. I had been dreading the rocky descent past the peak (Alto del Perdon) because it kicked my rear last time. However, this time, I didn’t find it so exhausting. At the bottom, I passed the bench where I’d stopped and stretched out last time ( wondering how I’d get up and continue the last 11 km). I wasn’t even tempted to sit for a bit.
A dynamo of a woman from Florida.
Meet Larry, from the Czech Republic. His name is too hard for us to pronounce, so George just calls him Larry. Now, he is introduced as Larry and answers quite cheerfully to his new Camino name.
9/8 No mountain today!
Meet George, a retired Air Force pilot from Alabama. He’s 81 and on his 6th Camino: this is his 4th Camino Frances, and he’s completed the Camino Norte, and the Camino Portuguese from Lisbon.
Front and rear views! He has several Camino tattoos.
9/7 – 25 km / 16 miles (Actually came out to be 17 miles)
Beautiful and treacherous! Just about the time I’d think the treacherous trail would go on forever, the Camino would offer a respite (and then say, Just kidding! Here’s more rocks for you!
Ann, a Pilgrim from California. Ended the day enjoying dinner with a woman from California. We met on a Camino Facebook group and have been communicating these last few weeks.
Settled in my room and found dinner. As it is on the Camino, a person can walk solo, but we are not without companions. Met my first Pilgrims over dinner. I shared a table with Matthew, an architectural student from Paris, and a couple from Portland, OR. Matthew walked here from Paris, carrying his little tent, cooking gear, and water filter for gathering drinking water from small creeks. The Oregon couple started this Camino in Le Puy, France, and will walk on to Santiago- about a 1,000 mile walk. He’s 66 and she’s 70.
