Good Day on the Camino... But Alas, the Heel Blister is not a Happy Camper!

May 29   Day 16

Beautiful morning, woke up, had some breakfast. checked on a blister, won't go into details on that, recovered it, feeling better and I’m off walking leaving Castrojeriz... very nice town, pretty good sized, beautiful streets, beautiful houses, beautiful morning, beautiful church coming up! God is on the throne and we, each one of us, benefit from that every day. His blessings are there for us, we just need to open them up and enjoy them every day. And share them with others. And give God the glory. 

I took a picture this morning of the street has my shadowing, but part of the idea is to show the arrows in the street... I’m quite sure that’s pointing us towards Santiago, the way, the Camino. Very nice. 

I took off alone today and it is just a nice day. I just climbed up a pretty good sized hill... probably about 100-200 feet in elevation gain. I’m not sure, and then climbed down. The downhill was paved made it easy for me. I came down pretty quickly. I took some pictures on both sides ... very beautiful views of a valley and then flat plains... then downhill... then farmland.  We’re all walking across the valley. The trail looks like it meanders through the valley and I think you can probably see it in the background. More beautiful scenery... greenery, a little bit of brown where there’s fresh tilled soil, a wind farm on the I left with maybe 30 or 40 wind generators... just another glorious day. 

I just stopped to have a coffee and a sweet treat and a Itero de la Vega. I’m about 10 km in today. My left heel on the left side is talking to me...is causing me a fair amount of discomfort. I went fairly fast over the last 9 km or whatever it is. I’m definitely slowing down now. Possibly re-figuring to just get to Fromista today. 24 km total I think and I’ve got about 15 to go. Still a beautiful day...  partly cloudy sun shining...  beautiful breeze blowing, probably 6 to 10 kn... very nice... very comfortable, just a little discomfort in the feet. God is blessing me still and I’m sure missing and loving you folks and yet enjoying every day. 

So it is now I think about 2:30. I  had a hard time getting going after that early break... much discomfort in the feet. Then I met a young lady from Taiwan. She’s passed me a few times  and then finally we had a chance to talk. We had a wonderful conversation. I started by sharing the wisdom about our Camino is a lifelong walk... that is the long Camino... this one is pretty short... She is not a believer but she was sure open to listen. I spoke about God creating us and wanting a relationship with us... she seemed to be soaking it up. she was a very nice lady and the time went by very fast. We went to the Albergue she was going to stay at. There was a bar restaurant out front. I was planning on having a lunch; it was nice place... very inviting... and then I saw Karen from Singapore that I have met a couple three days ago. Also saw the Italian gentleman who’s gear I had returned last evening... they were eating lunch. The Italian gent bought me a beer and a sandwich. I ate and talk to Karen a while. She was heading towards Fromista after lunch ... maybe we might walk together.  

In all the excitement of seeing those folks, I forgot about the lady from Taiwan. I looked for her so I might get contact information from her, but did not find her. 

I walked on to Fromista... Arrived 3:00. I got a Coke and relaxed a bit, cogitated where I might stay. All of the Albergues had questionable reviews... as I was talking with Jean, Jim and Aiden walked in. They checked at the hotel I was sitting in front of to see about a room for 3, but they only had rooms for 2. So I got a single room. Turned out to have 2 beds so I sat in the shade and watched as folks arrived to see if maybe someone might want a bed... but it was pretty late by then and nothing came of that. I did empty the left foot blister and hopefully it will be a bit better tomorrow morning.

Had a pizza for dinner and wine and ice cream... and OREOS for desert, spoke with Jean and now am about ready for bed. Thank You Lord, for another memorable day!