24.4km today, the most I've done in a while. But tomorrow looks even longer than that. 68km left till Santiago!
I woke up early to get a head start on all the camino newbies. For the first two hours this morning I had a fantastic pace, a little under 4km/hour. That's awesome for me especially on hills carrying my pack, which I estimate wights 15-20lbs depending on the amount of water and food.
Today was very hilly, many small hills going up and down then more up and down. It was perfect hiking weather, overcast and cool with a nice breeze. The camino is so crowded now that we look like a parade. There are just hundreds of people and you never are out of eyesight of others.
I am always concerned that I will not find a bed in the town I plan on stopping in. This anxiety has multiplied with the crazy influx of newbies. I fret that I will be walking around another unfamiliar town trying to find open albergues and coming across only full ones. Therefore, I am probably pushing myself too fast and not taking enough brakes. My left hip is sore, my knees ache and I wish I didn't have a little toe on my right foot. But there are only three walking days left till Santiago. Then I am done!
I had run into a girl from South Carolina, Maggie, briefly two days ago but she is at the albergue today. She an I split the cost of the expensive washer/drier. Neither of us has a full load of clothes and it cost €6.40 to wash and dry. So it saved us quite a bit of money.
While the wash ran we went and got burgers at the bar down the road and shared an order of fries. It is so wonderful to have clean, soft, dry, nice smelling laundry.
Later I went back to the same bar where we had burgers earlier to get dinner. They waiter said the dinner menu wasn't served until 7:30. It was 6:40 now and I wasn't waiting 50 minutes so I ordered another burger.
Early to bed so I can be early to rise.
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