Camino 2014: Day 31 Santiago to Negreia (Lanie)

Camino 2014: Day 31 Santiago to Negreia (Lanie)

Miles today: 13.9

Miles total: 500.8

One day down, two to go! It's exciting to think about. Sleeping in until about 6:30 was also an exciting thing today... Haha. We left around 7am and as we were walking down the street, we heard; "I haven't seen you guys in awhile!" And we all turned around and it was one of the friends we made way back on day five of the trip. Her name is Nadine and she is from the U.S. also! It was so awesome to see someone we knew because we hadn't seen anyone yesterday in Santiago. We talked and walked and then she went ahead to have her special moment entering the cathedral. Then we met up again after and took pictures with her and said goodbye. I'm so glad we met such a nice, friendly person like Nadine! 

This morning it was light out which was nice, because we usually can't see anything in the morning. The air was still and mysterious, and as we walked a bit further down the trail, we saw a white fluffy dog laying in the middle of the trail, not even moving a muscle. We all froze in our step, and March kept going to take a closer look. It was still breathing and it's eyes were open, but it looked like it was paralyzed or something because it didn't even twitch it's ears. March and Sahra decided to go down to some houses below and ask around so us three stood away from the dog, and just watched it. After about 10 minutes, it's head moved. Then I whistled to see if it would respond and after another 2 minutes, it got up. It was THE scariest thing to be standing there and have a dog that wouldn't even move a muscle, start walking unsteadily toward you with its iced blue eyes. It stopped to look at us and then started walking down to where March and Sahra went. It walked like it was drunk so it definitely wasn't healthy. It was so sad, and scary too! I hope someone found him. 

It got hot in the afternoon, but we took our time and took longer breaks because we had reserved beds at the hostel. A certain stop we made was  near a bridge by a river and it was gorgeous! The sun reflected off the water and the peaceful sound of the wind and the birds was so relaxing. Then we took off and arrived at the hostel around 2:30.

Before showers and washing clothes, we sat downstairs and all bought a coca-cola. But it wasn't just the coca-cola... They served us a bowl of nuts, a plate of chips, and each a bowl of pasta salad that had egg whites and tuna. Delicious! It was a full on meal when you ordered a coke! Then our dinner that night was the same thing only 5x bigger, haha! It was soooo filling and still amazingly good. And as we ate, we watched the Tour de France on TV and kept shouting "Hey we went there!" "Hey we got pictures in front of that!" Haha it was funny. The hosts there even served us dessert for free. It was like apple pie with cream cheese filling and melted cheese on top. It was to die for... 

Can't wait to get to the coast!

Lanie 

Special thanks for the day go to:

Patrick March, Ryan and Staphanie Gardiepy, Kevin Overton

Many thanks to our mile sponsors as well!

Daren and Sandy Harmon, Patrick March, Kevin Overton, Todd Wiese