Miles 18.01/Steps 39,425

Todays Selfie:

Crossing the river out of town.
Beautiful sunrise
The view for most of the day was like this…
I met Bernardo in my hostel in Najera. Every day since then he passes me and checks that I am doing ok. He is the nicest guy and is a heart surgeon from Brazil. We don’t really talk much but I have started making him take a picture with me each day! 😊

Random pictures from the day:

These flowers smelled so good. Almost like Jasmine.

Today was a really long day. My body was so tired and my feet were really hurting. At mile 14 I had to just sit down in the middle of nowhere to stretch and get my mind in the right place. I still had over an hour and I was doubting I was going to make it actually. I finally got up and this butterfly landed on me. Then it started flying in small bursts as if to say… “you can do it come on”. It would fly ahead and then come back to me. It flew with me about 200 meters. It was pretty amazing and got me moving again.

Shortly after the butterfly got me moving, I came across a bunch of friends and this cat at one of the bars. I stopped, rested and then carried on. 2 miles left! I could do it!

Nikki and Joe from Washington
Sonya from Australia

I was so happy to get to town and my alburgue! The town was like a ghost town though. There wasn’t much going on aside from the two alburgues. I shared a room with Yetta, Kat and a German couple who were grumpy and snored. I was just very happy to have my own bed and it not be a bunk.

Dinner with Bandt and Jetta. The food was not great but the company was!

I worked on booking reservations for the rest of the trip since things were filling up. I used a paper placemat to keep track of my reservations…You use what you have….