April 18, 2017
13 miles (21 Km) Another shorter day today. Not that that is easy, but it makes a difference! Started off with a pretty overcast and cool day, but it did get sunny later. We left Santo Domingo de la Calzada after an excellent breakfast at our hotel. As soon as we got to the city limit we ran into Mary, a woman we met a couple days ago while stopping for a snack. She’s from the U.S., in her mid 70s, and walking on her own. We walked a few miles with her, what a fascinating person! Sean and I are pretty fast walkers, and she was keeping up! And kept us both going with her stories, made walking very easy.
Today’s scenery wasn’t as nice, a lot of walking next to a road, but we did go through a few nice little towns. Tonight we’re staying at a small rural hotel, it’s cute and nice. One of the churches had storks in nests on top of the tower. We also found a hand and footprint by Martin Sheen on the street, from when he was here during the movie “The Way”. Pretty cool!
McHughs on The Camino 