Najera

An early start. They were up this morning at 5 banging around.   So I got up and left at 5:40 and got here at 11:05.   I walked 31km this morning, that was 5.25 hours walking without even  a coffee stop.
This is a bad day, by 9:00 a.m.,  I was dying from a wicked migraine.     It was overcast and even rained a bit.   I was either cold or too hot.    By 10, I was throwing up at the side of road.      I just kept walking .  I knew the end would be here soon enough.   Not that there was any place to stop.   In fact when I got here I thought I still had 5km to go.    I was so out of it, I missed one town all together.

This is the start of my day. Well that's after I found my way out of the big city. They never seam to mark the way out well.



The sun coming up.  I never did see the sunrise it was too overcast.

A new Camino marker to follow

Came to a lake or reservoir for Logrono

Walked around it then up the hill which gave a great view 

I saw this cross coming until I got to it and realized it was a old electric poll

Came across this fence with the crosses it went on for along time.

Some old and some new.    I passed on this ritual.

And the bull up on the hill!    I have no idea what this is for but we see them in Mexico as well.

Walked in wine country and you can see the color of the earth changing

This sign got me excited 576km to Santiago.    But that's by road I still have 625km on the walking trail.   Then if there is time, another 80km to the End of the World.

The blogs I read warned me about this clay.   If it rains this clay sticks to your shoes and builds up until you can't lift your feet from the weight.    Thankfully, I was through it before the rain hit.   It never rained that hard so I am sure it was fine.

This is a poem some Pilgrim put on a wall that is famous but at the moment I don't have it in me to look up what it says.

Met this guy and he called me over to show me what he was doing.  The funny thing is I thought he was picking snails. Some told me yesterday they saw a guy doing that

It was wild mushrooms

He even showed me how to find them. And to tell the truth I was so sick by this time I couldn't care less but I was nice and thanked him.   Under normal circumstances I would have been very interested.   Some of the locals are so friendly.

My first RV in Spain.   

A church in Najera

I got a private room because I am just going to sleep the day away and I will never be able to in an Albergue.  They are way too noisy.    So this is what 15E gets you in Spain.

Even a little siting room