Day 44. O Pino to Lavacolla

It was a beautiful, cool morning with a nice breeze when we started. Quiet walking in the still of morning is the best. It looked like it may be the same as yesterday, but after 2-3 hours we came upon a huge group that buses had let out. Probably about 100 people dancing, laughing and with families walked maybe a quarter mile and then the bus picked them up again. We met up with Beverly at one of our stops. She will be staying in the same town tonight before going into Santiago tomorrow. Our friend Stuart arrived today in Santiago. He went to noon Pilgrims Mass and witnessed the Botafumeiro! It has recently been reinstated after a lengthy absence due to maintenance. We are hoping that we will be able to witness it while we are there. We plan to get there early and register our completion at the pilgrims office, find our room and then watch for friends and get to the Mass by noon.
I cannot express how happy we are to be this close to completion. So many emotions and memories of this journey. It will take a while to process what we have been through. Today we walked 13.5 miles (31081 steps). Tomorrow we have 10km (6 miles) to walk into Santiago. Just AMAZING!!!! We are grateful for staying well enough to complete this journey, grateful for the friends we have made and grateful for being even closer to coming home!Les mer