17 - 34°C — Hot! Sunny!
By Jim
During our siesta yesterday, Laurel rejigged our last three stages to spread out the distances more evenly. Originally, I had us going 27 km, 20 km, & 11 km. After two agua con gas and a can of Kas naranja, she had ironed it out to 23 km, 22 km, & 13 km. Now all that was left was to walk it!
It was already 17°C when we began our up hill climb out of Botos. The trail continued the nice mix of shaded Galician hillside paths, stone fence lined farm lanes through meadows, and cool forests of oak, chestnut, eucalyptus, and pine, with some birch and walnut sprinkled in.
Even with these ideal trails, the temperature soon climbed into the 30s and we began to wilt. A couple of wrong turns earlier in the day stretched our stage to 25 km. We were so hot and tired when we walked up the hill into Bandeira that we did not want to wait the hour and half for the albergue to open.
Instead, we immediately checked into the Hotel Victorino and were showered and sipping cold drinks thirty minutes later. Thank you, VISA! After siesta, at 7:00 pm we decided to wash our clothes at the laundromat across the street. The pharmacy’s neon sign displayed the temperature as 34°C.
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