Camino: Day 1

Distance: 26.8 km (16.6 miles)

Weather: sunny 55-80 degrees

Time on the trail: 9 hours

Fabulous day to start our walk. Big blue skies the whole day. We left our hotel at 8:00am.

The first 7 hours was a slow gradual uphill climb. (1227 meters, 4035 feet) the last 2 hours was a steep decline. It felt great to stop.

At the start of the day you could always see 10-20 pilgrims walking near you, by midpoint that had thinned to 5-10. By the last mile we only saw 2. Showing how everyone starts out together, but as the day moves forward some fall behind while others speed up. We were somewhere in the middle.

The goods news is that every book says this is the hardest day of the entire trip. I hope this turns out to be true.

The only obstacle for the day was avoiding the sheep, cow and horse poop on the trail.

Happy to be at our hotel relaxing.

Perfect end to our first day.