That is Patricia getting ready for our walk out of Negreira into the rain. How much rain? Unfortunately that was the big surprise. Imagine yourself putting on all you hiking gear, aiming a hugh fan at yourself as you jump into the shower, put the water on cold, full blast, walk in place on an up and down incline board, and walk like this for four hours…. Oh, and fill up your boots with a pitcher of water. Well, now you are only kind of imagining what we went through today.
Today was wild. Where are the pictures? There are no pictures. Today was not a day to take even the slightest chance with a camera. I took one of Patricia in the rain, but I was standing inside the hotel. After that forget it. It rained, and it rained, and it rained… And then it rained some more. And it came down sideways the entire time. The wind was blowing so hard the rain actually hurt against your face. And it lasted for four hours. You actually begin to be more curious about how bad it would get rather than wishing it would end. You want to see how much you can stand. Turns out we can stand a lot.
We were drenched. Socks, underwear, backpack, sandwich in the backpack. Everything was drenched. But we make it…kinda. We still had four hours to go. Today was about a twenty one mile day. That is a lot. It will be the longest Camino day on this trip. Thank god. We played word games, and recited quotes from the movie, The Way, to distracted ourselves. Eight hours later we walked into Olveiroa. Were we tired? Shit yeah.
Walking El Camino Inglés...and more 
Well…It’s raining in Los Angeles since 2:30am Sunday thru Sunday. Like you mention, you rather half coolness/rain than the blazing heat…right! Onward, Everything in L.A. is okay.
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