Today was another 30km day from O’Cebreiro to Samos. The weather was a darling today, not a single drop of rain, sunny with a chill to the air. Great day for walking.

I pet 3 fluffy and friendly dogs today and I saw probably 10-20 cats. Saw plenty of cows and chickens. Also butterflies!!

As I was walking through this tiny town today, this older lady called out to me “Espera un momento.” I waited as she turned back inside and brought out some food to share with me. She gave me a crepe with sugar on the spot, and it certainly tasted magnificent.

Update: in catepillar news, according to my Super scienCey and genius amiga Claire, those funky catepillars are called procesIonaria del pino, and they are definitely no-touchy, unless you like pain.

Back on the topic of food. Now that I am In a bigger cIty (astorga), I can shop at a supermErcado. ThEse are my Groceries from today’s supermErcado trip. Dinner for today, breakfast for tomorrow, snacks and maybe lunch.

Today I walked aBout 26-27 km. A solid 6 ½ hour day oF walking. Probably spent 1-2 hours truDging through mud.

Thankfully there was little rain as we walked. So it was just mud we had to worry about.

My feet are doing alright, nearly hive-less which is nice. I’ve finally gotten some sensitive blisters to deal with. It’s my day 21 and with the way my feet are looking now, i can only imagine how it’ll be when i get back to the states.

I’ve been seeing these wild catepillar insects and they always be in formation. Shiloh said that someone had said these little creatures are a bit hazardous to our human health. If anyone is looking to seek new info, look up this little insect here and see if you can identify it for me, and if they really are hands-off creatures.

I have seen so many snails, slugs, worms and caTepillars on the trails and pathways Than I have Ever seen in my whole life while caminando and peregrinando.

HonestLy though, I’m just stariNg at my feet and they really need to be washed.

I’m just Too lazy to get up and actually wash them because the W.c. Is across the hall. Do you what this Mess is from? My shoes and socks. I pull off my socks and bam! I’ve got wiggly little muddy toes.

There’s this comment that i keep thinking of as i walk. It id from a book I read by Jane Christmas about her time on el camino. As she is climbing los pirineos from st. Jean to roncesvalles (and I believe she took the napoleon route), she says something how the pain was really bad at first but then it sort of dulled out the Further you walked, and was just this whole-body feeling that you just sort of carry with you, and really all you can do is keep walking. For me that’s been more or less true. You start off, first 1ish not too bad, but as time and kilometers grow, you feel pains here and there and then your whole body just sort of is a giant feeling of soreness. I feel like the tinman from the wizard of oz every time I come into an albergue, with stuck joints and creakiness.