Today was 15 miles,  bringing the total to 173. We will walk 11 or 12 tomorrow, then take the next day off. We’re ready for that break!

After the break we only have 6 days of walking and we’re in Rome, the end of the hiking road for this trip. We’re not ready for that 😥!

The hike was long. The road signs in Acquapendente indicated 14 kilometers (about 8.5 miles), but that would be by SR 2 … the infamous route of yesterday. Apparently as a reaction to yesterday’s walk, the route designers worked hard to completely miss SR 2! The result? Our actual route was 25 kilometers (15 miles), or almost double the SR 2 route. It seemed we spent almost as much time walking away from our destination as towards it. You know, two steps forward, one step back? Here’s a map of our walk. The blue line is our actual walk, while the green line is the direct route.

Importantly, all roads lead to Rome!

Down to the water:  Nonetheless, when we finally caught a view of Lake Bolsena, it was worth the walk!

Even better was the arrival! In no time, both Bill and Diane were in the Lake enjoying a swim! Life is good!

Ciao!