Caldadilla to Sahagun

Our big plan for today was to get up at 5:30 and start walking by 6:15 and find breakfast in a village along the way. As many of you know I am not an early riser but I was willing to give it a try so we could avoid walking during the heat of mid day.  The first glitch in that plan came when Charlie set his alarm for 5:30pm instead of am! I rolled over at 6:45 so plan A was off. It turned out to be a good move because we had a wonderful breakfast with eggs and meat etc. It was great fuel for the 13.9 miles ahead.

I had to walk in my sandals again today because even my new shoes were not comfortable.  The sandals worked quite well because our route today was

flat. As I was walking today I decided that from now on I am going to ignore my feet. I have been giving them entirely too much attention that they do not deserve. I am going to treat them as best I can and they will heal in time. No more foot talk on this blog. Instead I am going to focus on how strong my legs and arms become and how little bio freeze I need! 

The walk today was delightful. We had a nice breeze and the best part was no bugs! The landscape has changed in very subtle ways but very obvious if you are walking. Now we have trees to provide some shade. Today we also passed through three or four little villages which broke up the monotony of the endless dirt path.

With about 3 miles to go we started walking with a man named Ted Reed who graduated from SLU around 1968. This is a small world!

Tomorrow is almost a rest day, only 6 miles. I feel a knitting day ahead of.

Buen Camino!