After the Floods

This morning I had a late start and left the Alburgue around 10:30 mostly due to thunder, lighting, and heavy rain.

Walking during the first part of the day, it seemed like there really had been a ton of rain and that the area was maybe not used to this much rain as I passed quite a few olive tree groves that were now completely in a river, or where a lot of the gravel road I was walking on was slowly being washed away.

Eventually I caught up with Margarida who had left about an hour before me. At one point, we went maybe 800m off the trail to find this waterfall that was absolutely FLOWING because of all of the rain. It rained on and off for entire day. My rain gear and boots are mostly holding up okay though it’s fairly warm outside which is so much preferable for rainy hiking!Read more