García de Aranda

Sitting in dialysis in Aranda del Duero, and taking stock of our progress so far.

Converting kilometers to miles, the Camino is roughly 484.3 miles long, point-to-point with no deviations (including second breakfast!). So far, we have covered 177.5 of those miles, but subtracting a taxi ride and a bus ride—and not counting deviations for dialysis—we have walked 141.3 miles.

No wonder some of those hills seemed impossibly long!

Again, my Fitbit is giving us credit for many more miles, some of which is accurate (dialysis diversions, going out of the way for a meal, et cetera), but most of which is simply too much credit for my baby steps when traversing uneven and/or loose terrain (especially on ascents and descents).

That puts us at 36% of the entire Camino Frances (St. Jean Pied de Port to Santiago Compostel) or just over one-third of the way.Read more