Miles today: 13.8
Miles total: 474.1
Well, tomorrow is the big day. Time flew by and it has been one big amazing adventure.
I woke up this morning ready for a short, quick day to Arco de Pino. It felt like I only got a few hours of sleep because of our insanely loud roommates... Oh my gosh, they stayed up talking and laughing until midnight! It was a group of 5-6 girls our age who were apart of some group and only doing the last 100km to Santiago. You could tell they were newbies because they had they're regular bras hanging all over the room. Everywhere we look there was underwear or bras or bikinis. They blabbered so much that I hardly got any sleep. So in the morning, us three didn't try to pack quietly.
It was dark and scary in the morning and I had seen too many scary movies or heard too many scary stories because I was constantly shining my light in the bushes and waiting for a monster to jump out. (I know.. I'm a little old to be a scaredy cat, but still) We walked 3km for breakfast and all bought warm ham and cheese croissants. They were so good! Then we did the usual... Walked. We all found our very own walking stick too. It was Emily, Mimi, and I who walked together through the whole 22km. We tried passing people and just had a really fun time laughing, talking, and joking.
As we came to a road, March was sitting on the side waiting. He then said "It's right up the road and there is only about 30 bags in line." We all had thought we had another 3km to go for some odd reason so that was the best unexpected surprise ever! Haha! It was about 11:30 when we set our bags in line and rested. We went over to the supermarket to grab some snacks and sandwiches for dinner and got into the hostel and into our room by 1:30. After showers, Em and I napped for a good three hours and got up at 5:30.
We headed to a market where we bought some snacks and then went to a cafe and had a slice of Santiago cake. That stuff is delicious.. And we just talked about tomorrow and what it'll be like. We were excited, but also sad that we have to leave all of our new friends that also walked the Camino.
We walked back and there was a Galician singing group performing outside of our hostel. They had bagpipes and a guitar and they were all singing. It was so neat! We were clapping along too! Haha people got really into it.
While they played, we walked down to where March was sitting outside at the side of the building and Sahra and Mimi were playing cards. Emily, March, and I started talking about body image and how the media displays a female. It's all fake... The women on magazines aren't even real and it's really sad how a majority of teen girls look at those magazines and want to look just like the models on the cover. Beauty isn't just on the outside, it's on the inside. The Camino has brought out the beauty in all of us. I've felt so real this summer without all the makeup and stuff. It's brought out the beauty inside of me and it's actually a really cool thing. That specific talk with March and Emily, I'll never forget.
As I sit in bed, it's almost midnight and I'm insanely excited for Santiago. It's an amazing accomplishment and I can't wait to show my credential and get my certificate! Ahhh!
Hopefully I'll get some sleep!
Lanie
Special thanks for the day go to:
Diane Yonker, Marvin and Janie Johnson, Kevin Kerns, Patrick March
Many thanks to our mile sponsors as well:
Patrick March, Grandpa Joe Anderson, Luis Nieto-Varo
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