Palas de Rei to Arzua: October 16

Last night we went to another nice pilgrim mass and today’s walk to Arzua was clear skies for the whole 26 K (16 miles).  We left early again and saw the full moon go down in the morning.

We walked through mostly farm country and woods today. Everything is so lush and green but we did find this field of purple and yellow wild flowers.

Last night was a rough night for sleeping in the bunk room. One pilgrim was obviously not feeling well. He spent the first half of the night having a coughing fit and then the second half of the night snoring up a storm. Seriously,the lack of sleep on a daily basis is amazing. We may look tired but our spirits are up.

We have 2 more days (approximately  42K or 26 miles) to go and we are pumped up to walk into Santiago and through the Holy Door. This door is only opened when there is is a Holy year which is about every 20 years or so but Pope Francis made this year a special Holy Year of Mercy.

Camino stories:

1. Today we saw Tom (UK) in an old church along the way. When he saw us later down the road, he said he lit a candle for us since it looked like we could use the help. When I asked him if it was 2 candles, he said it was only one but it was massive….like a flame thrower.

2. There was a elderly woman (Joan from Washington) who had her pack shipped ahead to her next albergue but then had to stop short and stay at another place because she couldn’t walk that far. She called to apologize and the albergue owner said he will send her pack to her and to not worry. “We’re all one big family” he told her.