O Obrigatoiro to Casa

At breakfast Eric unpacked a hapless Dave, retired postal worker. Dave had a tough first day over hydrating on electrolytes. But I saw him walk later and he had a fast pace going. So he recovered rather well.

What is a US mailbox doing on the Camino in Spain? Did Dave see it? Good picture of Eric and Mike.
I started rolling on the Camino but it wasn't right to be there with the walkers. I buzzed over to Melide and ensconced myself in a cafe with a 6 pack of yogurts and some fruit. Time to stop eating all those croissants, but I did have the coffees.

I finished my inner work digitization and I'm going to be a pound lighter, and maybe a pound smarter.

In the afternoon I played "let's see where I end up" by randomly turning into small county lanes to see where they would lead me. I kept a general direction going and hoped I wasn't going to get caught in some labyrinth with one exit back out the way I came in and have it be for miles and miles. All in all it was fairly successful and yielded a great cycling day with lots of climbing.

Carla made it into Santiago today, with energy to spare for a good jump.

I'm looking at returning the bike tomorrow, it's time, look at that rear tire, I burned rubber like a nascar driver.

I'm cleaned up and am looking forward to hear the stories of Eric and Mike who is now on his 3rd day. They'll be on Eric's penguin.Read more