June 28, day 4

I couldn’t be more pleased with my travel companion. Not surprising, yesterday was brutal. However, Caleb was light-hearted, humorous and so grateful to be on this journey. So proud of this young man.

For those who thought yesterday would be toughest day, (and I was one of them), they were wrong. Today was equally painful.

Stats – Roncesvalles to Lubiri – 15.26 miles, burned 1248 calories. Departed 10:25 am, arrived 6:05 pm. Late start because we wanted a map and stamp on our pilgrim passports from the pilgrim office.

We took several breaks as the elevation changed often and the terrain was something out of the ice age in many places.

I learned today that I needed to adjust my backpack up higher. Never having worn before, I was clueless. Once adjusted, my back wasn’t screaming so much.

Unplanned stop. Cows in the road

A biker came through while we were considering our options. He carved a path through the cows so we quickly gathered our stuff and forged ahead in his wake.

Should we really be walking on this? A man came past us at great speed, practically jogging. Another man on a bicycle passed us. Do they have a death wish? I wanted to call an ambulance.

Dinner at hotel. We were too tired to walk any place else.

My thighs hurt yesterday. Today it’s shins. Caleb’s feet hurt. We are the walking dead. Can’t wait for tomorrow 😎 because we really do love this.