#22-walking the Camino - May. 13, 2016

The 20th day of walking

Ledigos to Calzadilla de lid Hermanillos

Book. - 18.5 miles

Map My Walk - 19.43 miles, 9 hours

Fitbit - 45,800 steps, 19.52 miles

First of all...we walked too far today. Will never do that again...never never never. Twelve to fifteen miles is just fine but not more. 

We met up with our Camino friends, the Allreds, and with Cathy Dixon.  When you walk with others you do it for awhile and then separate and maybe meet again the same day and then the next day you might eat lunch and then you may never see them again. 

We met up them today in Sahagun which is the halfway point from St Jean to Santiago.  itin a tremendous picture place

The engravings says  it all;

Sahagun, geographical center of the Camino

After sloging our way through Sahagun we began a 5 1/2  section  that was quite remote. It was an alternative route away from the highway. It took us 3+ hours to do it, and we saw no other peregrinos. It was really kinda nice, walking through the farm land, but by this time we were so tired that we just wanted to be in our double room at a really nice B&B. 

We did meet some nice flower friends

We were really walking in the boonies and were quite surprised to find this abandoned swimming pool

And a new motif in - like a little park or rest stop with toys for children. 

We checked to this lovely place - as lovely as out last place was kinda awful. Then we went to the local tiendd for food supplies for tomorrow. What a contrast -sleeping in modernity and buying lunch in antiquity 

Had a great dinner. Sat with David from Singapore who is going to law school in NYC. Told him we lived at the End of the Oregon Trail which led into the Mormon Trail and then we gave him the long story in order to answer his question about the trinity. 

We're going to take a rest day tomorrow. Need to let feet and legs do some recovering.