Today was 13 miles walked and 300′ climbed. We’ve now walked 40 miles on this journey!
No doubt about it! Today, the Pilgrims came out to play! From the moment we started today’s walk, it was clear that we were on a popular route. For most of the day, you could look up and down the trail and see between 3 and 20 fellow hikers
We had heard that the Camino Portugues had become the second most popular Camino, and now we were seeing it! Well, the weather was nice and the scenery, amazing, so why not?
Of note, the remarkable boardwalk along the beach (about 30 miles long) finally seemed to end today. I’m just curious how much did Portugal spend on this? It had to have been in the $100’s of millions!
When the boardwalk ended, we were in (for us) more familiar forest paths
and small village market streets.
So, about half way through today’s hike, we encountered our first rain! We were prepared Pilgrims, so we stopped and pulled out our rain prevention gear (ponchos, etc) and sure enough, as soon as we put them on, we prevented the rain! It stopped almost immediately and the sun came fully out! Yes, that rain prevention gear really works!
All for now. Laundry awaits!
Well, aren’t you two just amazing rainmakers and rain stoppers! It almost looked like people were out for a stroll rather than walking the Camino on their way to Santiago. Would you guess that more people are carrying day packs or carrying all their gear like you do? I couldn’t tell from the pictures. With the weather like it is for you, and the ease of the elevation and miles, I really wish I was there with you now! Oh well, another time. Thanks for sharing your pictures. They are awesome! Be well and I love you both.