Day 12 - Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Belorado
Distance walked today: 22.7 km (14.2 miles)
Total distance walked: 188.9 km (118.1 miles)
Total distance left: 539.4 km (337.1 miles)
Information on the stage traveled here.
First full day back on a whole stage, Adal made it to Belorado. 22.7 km today. There was a convoluted story today about the Canarian with a lost wallet who needed money and a monk that came to the rescue, and ended up finding him about 4 or 5 km from Beldorado. The monk provided the Canarian, who now has a name, Juan, with some extra money and a lift on the last leg. And so, because they arrived in Belorado with a holy man, it's fair game. At least in their eyes! It was mostly flat terrain, check out the stage here.
The hostel today is a parochial hostel, run by two Swiss men. This means it's run by the church, they don't charge, but do suggest donations. Usually 5 euros is enough. One of the Swiss hosts has walked several times from Switzerland, over 2100 kms!! If that isn't humbling, I don't know what is.
Tomorrow 27.4 harrowing km await him. This may be his longest leg yet. It is a slightly up-sloping terrain, which he can handle fine. The worst for him are the downhills; rough on his feet, rough on his toes, rough on his ankles, and rough on his knees. His toenail is doing well, and it's not even bothering him. His little toe, well, as he puts it, good thing I haven't seen it. It must look pretty nasty. He has a round of peeling the extra skin off and a good Betadyne soak planned tonight for the little piggy.
I know you all must be wondering about the panty liner stint. As he reports, it worked wonders! It felt great, and he will be a panty liner wearer for the rest of the Camino! Hey, whatever works in extreme conditions is fine by me.
And I'm holding out okay. Work is super busy, telecommuting is not easy with N around, and we've got a very early pushed-ahead Fourth of July celebration May 27th. Yes, we will celebrate the Fourth before Memorial Day, as a goodbye to our Ambassador. It involves lots of food, decorations, tents, grills, drinks, glasses, tables, guests, and sponsors. Budget? $0. That's right folks. Miracles for free. And to throw a little extra in the mix, this week N has, wait for it, TWO school activities that require my presence. Of course, I'm happy to go and be there for her, but it makes it that much more crazy. Oh, and a birthday party Sunday, can't forget about that.
Actually, keeping busy makes the days go faster. I'm very proud of my team at work, they are awesome. So I made cupcakes with N as a thank you today. And just to bust their butt, two manly men, we made them pink. With sprinkles. : )
I look forward to his voice. His voice is all I have right now. His voice sounds happy, excited, driven, purposeful. Full of life. Keep going papito.
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