Not Vicki’s favorite Camino walking surface

Today’s forecast is again for sunshine and 95 degrees! We were on the road at 7:30, hoping to finish our 15 miles by 3. Today was a lot of up and down hills (72 flights of stairs), mostly through vineyards. Steve…I enjoyed seeing the many vineyards, sampling the grapes, and noticing that the trellising system used on the newer plantings were identical to my small vineyard (VSP-Vertical Shoot Positioning).

Shortly after we started walking today, a man that was jogging went back to get his hat. When he met up with us the second time, he slowed down to talk to us. Steve enjoyed conversing with him while we walked. We introduced ourselves- his name is Alec. We probably slowed down his pace, but Alec sure had us pick up ours!

Alec is a resident of the village of Navarette, and walks 10km every morning. He walked and chatted with us for an hour, which we thoroughly enjoyed.

The red rock hills after Najera reminded us of Sedona, AZ. We were again rewarded by beautiful vistas after we would reach the top of the hill.

We did reach our destination at 3:00P