we´re walking… we´re almost there… and we´re walking
we made it to arca! we have come to realize just how not accurate the guide books are! it told us it was going to be at marker 20.5 but it ended up being about 17.5- the good thing about that is less tomorrow! because of not knowing exactly what we did because of the markers and the books being off we are not sure exactly how many miles we did today- but it had to be at least 11 or maybe even 12. mom has decided that she is going to write a book for other pilgrims with the right marker numbers!
we left at about 740 this morning… we were quickly caught by our german friends- we walked with them for about an hour or so i guess… we didnt really keep track. it is always nice to have people to talk to it makes the time go so much faster! there were quite few ups and downs in the first half this morning… but we survived. we ended up stopping at a bar- cafe for a rest and the germans continued so we lost them.
after them we ran into the californians who were in a couple of separate groups. we talked to the last of the groups for awhile- they seemed tired again today- i´m telling you these hills are killers! they had to stop for lunch so we lost them too. then we met an irish woman. she was really nice she walked with us for awhile too and told us about volunteering in kenya and about ireland- it was pretty cool! she was moving faster than us too- so she eventually passed us too.
we got into arca at about 3. this is not a big pilgrim stopping place like all of the other places we have seen. we have seen some but nothing like the crowds in other places.
we are so excited to be in santiago tomorrow- God willing! we have 17.5 km or something like 10-11 miles to go! hopefully tomorrow will be easy!
off to Mass… hopefully will add more “forgotten stories” later!
