Camino Norte, Day 24 => Salinas

Clean laundry! It’s amazing how much you can appreciate something we normally take for granted. The Camino has been like that for us - food, bed, water, even a nice place to sit/take a break are so appreciated.

Today’s intentions were for Alex and Ashley who are getting married today and whose wedding we missed because of the Camino. We wish them the very best!

Today was a recovery/almost full rest day - 6+ miles. We took a train to skip most of the way out of Gijon because the book said if you are skipping any stage this is the one. Heavy industry - huge steel, gas, cement plants with smoke stacks and pipes everywhere. We’ll let ourselves catch up after five medium-hard days and pick it back up when it gets beautiful by the shore again tomorrow.

15 more days of hiking to Santiago de Compostela. We wondered if we would mentally burn out after 23 days of hiking, but this really is awesome in so many dimensions.Read more