(Distance: 28.7 kms Time: 8.5 hours)
The Day: We were in a bunk room with our friends last night and we all went to bed early and no one woke up until 6:30! So it was a later start than normal ... around 7:30. The walk started off fine and we made decent time in the morning. When we got to Sahagun , we had a snack and then waited for our friends to catch up ... they were reportedly 10 mins behind. After waiting 45 mins we decided to go ahead and go on. By the time we were back on the trail, lots of people had passed us and we were pretty much on our own. There was an alternate route choice which we had decided we did not want to take ... so of course we took it by mistake and by the time we realized it, we could not turn back. We were bummed that we might not see our friends again. Then when we got to our destination for the day, we found Mike who we thought we might not see again so it all worked out. The terrain turned today from the endless wheat fields to gravel paths following the major highway that leads to Leon. We should be there in a few days. One good things about the alternate route we took was that the path was lined with trees. That combined with the cooler than normal temp ( around 75) and a nice breeze made the walk much more tolerable than it might have been. Seems God is watching out for us :-)
The People: Reunited with Mike we did not feel as bad as we initially did with our "wrong turn". The alternate path we took merges with the other path after tomorrow so perhaps we will see Jee Young at the end of tomorrow.
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| "The Way" beside the highway |
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| ruins we passed by |
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| sites in the towns we pass through |
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| some unexpected company |
