Laredo to Güemes

We slept in this morning until 7:00, which seemed luxurious. I found I could actually walk, though I was sore. We started the morning walking about 2 miles on the beach. It was a beautiful day, no rain at all, and we walked 17.5 miles to a pilgrim hostel that the books all say is a "must", so we wanted to see what it was all about. I thought it might be faith-based (Catholic), but was actually a Utopian commune-type place. At 7:30 everyone had to go listen to the 87 year old founder explaining their history and philosophy, all in Spanish. Every 5 minutes or so a translator would give a one sentence translation. This went on for over an hour. Afterwards we had a pleasant and delicious pilgrim dinner. Moriah pointed out that it was like the rescue mission where you have to listen to the sermon before you can eat! It has made a late night for us and we're not used to this.

The founder pointed out that he was the oldest person in the room, but that there was one person 70 years old. That was me! At least I didn't have to stand up or anything! 🙄Read more