July 24, day 30

Left O Cebreiro at 9:10. Arrived Triacastela at 3:30. 14 .2 miles.

Experiencing problems with program again. Towards end there are duplicate photos and text I just can’t get rid of so- you can zoom past. Hope you get the sequence anyway.

We are heading to Sarria next and will see lots more people as this is the beginning of a short pilgrimage that many people do in order to get a certificate of completion. End edit note.

This morning we left in the mist. It was cold and dewy and really different than what we’d experienced so far.

I had checked weather so we knew we needed to wear whatever warm clothes we had. Mind you, we really need to do laundry. In the end, we worked it out. Our hands were numb, but we persevered.

So this is hilarious. The elevation map I’ve been using is in meters(of course)! Today when Caleb asked me what 1270 meters was in feet, it dawned on me. We were over 4,000 feet not 1270 feet. We were in the clouds this morning…no wonder it was cold. Ignorance is bliss.

As it happens, we had some hills that were troublesome, but all in all – a pretty great day.

We are happy and still moving ahead; life is grand.

Cold but happy

The church, of course

After a particularly tough hill, we landed at a bar for a drink and snack for Caleb. Unfortunately, there were loose chickens and a giant rooster. I am terrified of chickens , and the rooster sent me running inside the bar. I am not a fan of fowl.

The second part of the day had us traveling through cow country and we spent a fair amount of time watching our step to avoid the inevitable droppings.

Experiencing

Always a sense of humor

Gone are the quiet days and blissful solitude. Tomorrow we will be in Sarr

Luckily our hotel has a laundry facility. It took awhile but we are in possession of clean clothes.

What a view. So now we are finishing the day with a hotel that had laundry. That took forever but we have clean clothes. Life is good.

Caleb has a great sense of humor

This ground cover looked like a lavender haze. The dew makes it rather spectacular.

Www are excited that there are

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2 responses to “July 24, day 30”

  1. So all this time you’ve been doing meters thinking it’s feet, or just this leg? See how great you feel after a bit of rest, and clean clothes. Fabulous.

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