Today was 18 miles, with 2,700′ of ascent. Totals are: 138 miles walked and 10,600′ of climbing.
The real story today was the descent at over 3,300′. The grade varied between about 6% and 30%, on a broken slate, rock crumble trail. Footing was challenging, so the pace was barely over a mile per hour in places.
We spent almost 9 hours on the trail today. Well, 8, plus a nice lunch break! As a result, we arrived pretty late at our modest over-night stay.
Okay, complaints are over. It really was an extraordinarily beautiful segment!
There is so much more to show, but we’re out of time! We have chores to do and get ready for tomorrow’s 17 miler.
Ciao!
You said today would be a tough one. It sounds like it was! Though I must admit it didn’t sound like you were complaining at all… You’re not one to do much of that anyways. Glad you made it! I was curious though when you’re out on your daily trek, do you need to bring your own lunch with you? I imagine there aren’t many cafés for you to stop and have your coffee con leche or whatever you call it in Italian. Is that the worst day for you? Or do you have more like it in your future? The pictures are awesome, keep them coming! Love you both.
Thanks for keeping in touch! It was a good day, and a good one to be finished! Today (see current post), was similar. We almost always buy lunch fixings the night before and make our sandwiches ahead of time. That allows us to stop as we wish instead of where towns are. And most importantly the Italian cafe con leche is Caffè Latte!