Life's a Stitch

The long 25k day of frustration starting with 7k of downhill hiking including three long steep shale chutes…

…followed by 18k of pavement, with a weather forecast of four days of rain to discover that my rain pants are missing. I've only owned them for a week.

We both had our moments. After 17k we arrived in the city of Ponferrada, home to the beautiful Templar Castle and C had no interest in going in.

A case of the Berenstain Bears and too many museums crammed with historical artifacts.

There was respite in a coffee stop in the storybook town of Molinaseca

until C was scolded by an older women while trying to coax her dog to safety with his trekking pole instead of allowing it to be slowly run over by an approaching car.

I have faith that there are Camino lessons to be learned from this Alexander and the no good horrible terrible very bad Camino day. Like Alexander, we'd go to Australia today if we could except there'd be no people left there as it seems they are all here on the Camino. The plus side is that they are very pleasant and interesting.

Some days are like that you know.