Today was 16 miles and 1,700′ of ascent. Totals are 154 miles walked and 13,300′ climbed.

Like yesterday, an important part of the story was the descent, with 2,700′ of decent. And like yesterday, much of the descent was on challenging trail surface.

We stayed last night in a Donativo; much like a hostel that also includes dinner and breakfast, but had no fixed price. You pay what you can afford.

The facility, Casa Temperance,  was nice, but the host was wonderful! There were 3 other seasoned hostel dwellers who helped us navigate how it all works and what we should pay. Again, it was a very nice stay!

Casa Temperance in the background!

As a result of the recent rains, all the creeks, streams, rivers, etc were flowing!

(Beautiful river flow)

The sun was breaking over the mountains

And the the morning fog was still filling in the valley, below.

We walked through several villages that were hundreds, if not thousands, of years old.

All day long, we saw mountain bikers with race numbers on their bikes; a lot of them! As we were approaching the village where we are staying tonight, we heard “eye of the tiger” and lots of Italian “race” chatter on loudspeakers! As we turned the corner to our stay, the entire street was a Finish Line!

That’s quite the nice greeting for us Pilgrims, eh?

Well, it was a long day. Our third in a row!  We’ve now done almost 50 miles, climbed 8,000′ and descended the same in just 3 days. We’re a bit beat. The shower will feel good tonight!

Ciao