Today I resumed my pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. I missed two weeks while my blisters healed. In fact, the blisters weren’t fully healed, they had behaved like bunnies and had multiplied. While I concentrated on the really deep ones, it turns out that there were at least 8 others that hadn’t gotten so deep as to resemble hamburger. At any rate, I could still tell that there were several sore spots still there. I had chosen to carry my rucksack because I wasn’t sure how far I would go today. Then I received a call from my Camino buddy Dave that someone had taken his boots(!?). Apparently, someone had seen his boots in the ‘boot box’ at the entrance and had mistaken Dave’s boots for his because of the color and had placed them in his backpack. When Dave tried to leave, his boots were missing and this other gentleman’s boots were still in the ‘boot box’. Fortunately for Dave, he had overpacked and had a pair of ‘city boots’ in his backpack for after the day’s hike. He was able to hike today and the albergue was able to contact the ‘switcher’ and the boots were exchanged. All of that to say that I tried to speed up my ‘link up’ with Dave by hiking a stage and a half today. I could feel it in my feet as the day progressed, but it all worked out ok. 22 miles and my feet feel ok now. Tomorrow, I will see how my feet feel in the morning and I will try to link up with Dave for the rest of the Camino. Thanks for following along!
Buen Camino
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