Rio Guadiana VII⚓: Foz de Odeleite Dois✌

Our last night on the Guadiana River we wanted to spend in a spot as calm as possible. The only downside to these spots is there is no way to get on land. There are some tiny unstable pontoons here and there, but they are private. So we ended up back in Foz de Odeleite.

We chose to walk along a final piece of the Camino Grande. Unfortunately this path was the least pretty so far. Lots of barren land for sale. As we had arrived a bit later at our anchorage, we could see that we would have sunlight for about another hour to an hour and a half. Instead of walking the same way back we had come I had found another path which would take us on a bit of loop before getting back to the original path. I calculated it would be about 1.5 km extra. Bart didn't feel like having to walk back in the dark but we made a bet. If we would take the long way back and return to the boat before sunset, I would be allowed to plan our routes in the future. If we didn't, I would lose my rights indefinitely. The game was on.

The loop took us to a pretty forest, a bee farm, a fruit orchard and eventually a little lake. It turned out to be the best part of the trail so far that day. Bart would linger a bit and would tell him to hurry up a bit and keep our pace. I had a deadline to meet 😉. As we walked and walked the sun started to set and set and set. The town appeared again and eventually we made it back to Foz de Odeleite. The 🌞,

hadn't set yet! We actually arrived just in time for the golden hour to take some gorgeous pictures. Most importantly, I didn't lose my detour rights!! 🥳Read more