Walking Day 28

Well, you didn't want to be around our room at a little Hostel this morning. I had a mini melt down after not being able to put weight on my feet to go to the bathroom. My heels felt like a bolt of lightning was nailing them to the floor with each step. So with a lot of massaging and stretching with help from Al we finally arrived at breakfast around 8:00 and started our walk. Slowly we did the the 11.5 miles through one of the most beautiful mountain trails so far. Trees covering the path which often was below ground level...like a trench. One side would be a natural hill side and the other would be a stacked stone wall. Imagine a hobbit trail. Parts of these had solid stone paths. Probably these were natural erosion. Now these paths are used by farmers to move cattle from one pasture to another. We can attest to that by the cow dung on our shoes. This is the first that we have noticed white quartz in the stone walls that separate the pastures and in the stone barns... Lots of cattle everywhere. This would be a great place to live.

So now we are in Sarria with about 118km or 73 miles to go. I hate to think of this ending ...if only I didn't have the foot issue. Speaking of my feet, I think we did the right thing today. We slowed way down , and had a stroll through the most beautiful mountain villages and farms.

We were going to get a private hostel and have a rest day tomorrow as it will be our 43rd anniversary , however Al just checked the weather and it looks like we may have one more day before the rain comes so we will be walking tomorrow. I'm not sure what Al said in yesterdays blog but I had put those hiking shoes on again cause of the steep rough trail and now I am totally convinced they are causing at least part of my foot issues so today was back to Tevas and Tevas it will be all the eat to Santiago.

The most insuring and unusual siting today was a family of 5 on bikes from Canada. One guy with a two child stroller behind, then his wife with a tandem bike. The kids were about 8, 5, and 3. The smallest had a pacifier. Totally amazing.

We are at a Tapas bar waiting for dinner back at the Albergue. I'll send a pic of the view from our 3rd floor room and patio...10 Euros per person usually they are around 5 to 8 but this is a bigger town.
All is well on the Camino.